Alabama Goes to War! 1. Alabama in the Confederacy: ACTS OF

Alabama Goes to War!
1. Alabama in the Confederacy: ACTS OF THE CALLED SESSION OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF ALABAMA, HELD IN THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY,
COMMENCING ON THE SECOND MONDAY IN JANUARY, 1861. Montgomery, Ala.:
Shorter & Reid, State Printers, 1861. 161, [1 blank] pp, with the tipped-in certification by
Alabama's Secretary of State. Prominently rubberstamped on title page, couple of other light
rubberstamps, outer margin trimmed slightly into text on several leaves, affecting an
occasional letter. Good+.
[bound with] ACTS OF THE SECOND CALLED SESSION, 1861 AND OF THE FIRST
REGULAR ANNUAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF ALABAMA,
HELD IN THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY, COMMENCING ON THE 28TH DAY OF
OCTOBER AND SECOND MONDAY IN NOVEMBER, 1861. Montgomery, Ala.:
Montgomery Advertiser Book and Job Office. 1862. 304pp. Browned. Good+. The two items
bound together in modern cloth, with institutional rubberstamp on front pastedown.
These are the first two Sessions of Alabama's Confederate legislature. Numerous Acts
place the State on a war footing, regulate the activities of "free colored mariners" and other
Free Negroes, accompanied by bellicose Joint Resolutions.
Parrish & Willingham 2620, 2621.
$500.00
2. Alabama in the Confederacy: ACTS OF THE CALLED SESSION, 1863, AND OF
THE THIRD REGULAR ANNUAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
ALABAMA, HELD IN THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY, COMMENCING ON THE 17TH
DAY OF AUGUST AND THE 2D MONDAY IN NOVEMBER, 1863. Montgomery, Ala.:
Saffold & Figures, State Printers, 1864. 248pp, lightly foxed.
[bound with] ACTS OF THE CALLED SESSION, 1864 AND OF THE FOURTH
REGULAR ANNUAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF ALABAMA,
HELD IN THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY, COMMENCING ON THE 27TH DAY OF
SEPTEMBER AND THE 2D MONDAY IN NOVEMBER, 1864. Montgomery, Ala.:
Saffold & Figures, State Printers. 1864. 218pp, lightly foxed. The two items bound together
in worn contemporary half sheep and dark cloth. A rubberstamp on front free endpaper. A
couple of contemporary ink signatures. Good+ or so.
Many war-related laws and resolutions, with detailed Index for each volume.
Parrish & Willingham 2625, 2627.
$500.00
“Break Down Oppressive Distinctions on Account of
Caste and Color”
3. Albany Manual Labor University: ANNUAL CATALOGUE OF THE OFFICERS
AND STUDENTS OF THE ALBANY MANUAL LABOR UNIVERSITY. 1855 - '56.
Athens, Ohio: George S. Walsh, 1856. Original printed wrappers, stitched, 16pp. Light wear,
prominent spot in blank upper margin of first several leaves. Good+.
This remarkable University sought "to break down," as its Constitution promises, "the
oppressive distinctions on account of caste and color, and counteract, both by example and
precept, a spirit of aristocracy, that is spreading itself throughout the land...No person of good
moral character, who is not a slaveholder either in practice or principle, shall be denied the
privilege of being a shareholder in the Institution; none shall be rendered ineligible to office,
or refused admittance as a student, on terms of perfect equality on account of caste, color or
sex." Each student and teacher was required to perform at least two hours daily of manual
labor. The school began in Albany, Ohio, in the late 1840's. Its official name became the
Albany Manual Labor Academy in 1850 and then, in 1853, Albany Manual Labor University.
AAS owns a copy of this pamphlet. Otherwise, we have located no Catalogue of the
University or its predecessor Academy from any year.
Both men and women were Trustees and members of the Faculty. Salmon P. Chase was a
Trustee and a Vice President. A list of students, with their home towns, is printed. Most were
from Ohio or what would become West Virginia; but Indiana, Louisiana, Texas,
Pennsylvania, and other parts of Virginia were represented among the 185 students. "And so
we find among the 185 students listed in the Annual Catalogue of the Albany Manual Labor
University, 1855-56, no fewer than 19 black students, including three from Houston, Texas,
with the names of Holland: namely William, Johnson and Milton. With tuition ranging from
$2.50 to $4 per term depending on the course of study, $2.50 per term for room, and $1.50
per week for board, one wonders how the brothers were able to afford their schooling"
[online Gen. Charles Grosvenor Civil War Roundtable, grosvenor-cwrt.org]. The rear
wrapper prints Letters of Commendation, including endorsements by Chase, Joshua
Giddings, and Levi Coffin.
OCLC 489195008 [1- AAS] [as of September 2014]. Not in Sabin, Thomson, Eberstadt.
$600.00
Item No. 3
“That Noble Spirit of Freedom”
4. Ames, Nathaniel: AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY; OR, ALMANACK FOR THE
YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST 1767. Boston: Printed and Sold by William M'Alpine,
[1766]. 12 leaves (complete). Toned, lightly worn, Very Good in modern green quarter
morocco and marbled boards.
This Almanac celebrates the Stamp Act's repeal with a patriotic preface by Ames, lauding
Americans' "exertion of that noble spirit of Freedom, which every thinking honest Man that
has ever been galled with the chain of slavery is possessed of-- a spirit which GOD grant no
tyrant may ever be able to extinguish amongst us." He encourages a spirit of nationalism, so
"that when ever a Virginian shall visit this part of the Land of Freedom you will be no
niggard of Hospitality."
Ames also denounces the "absolute and despotick sway" of the Pope, pities the Europeans
thus benighted, and recommends popular education so that "the common people" will not be
"slaves" to aristocrats. The Almanac provides a table of distances of New England towns
from Boston, "with the most noted Houses of Entertainment on the Roads."
Evans 10224. Drake 3150.
$750.00
5. Ames, Nathaniel: AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR, AN ALMANACK FOR THE
YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1760. Boston; in New-England: Printed and Sold by John
Draper, in Cornhill...Price Three Shillings per Dozen, and Seven Coppers single, [1759]. 12
leaves (complete), stitched. Some edge wear, costing several letters. Good or so.
The first page contains the "first appearance of a fine title-page woodcut showing 4 figures
representing the 4 seasons surrounding the signs of the zodiac in a circle with the date 1760
in the middle. Also gives, for the first time, a description of the Ohio River and list of places
and distances from the mouth of the St. Lawrence to the mouth of the Mississippi" [O'Neal].
Included is a three-page poem "On the Reduction of Quebec, Sept. 18, 1759 by General
Wolfe and the brave Troops under his Command, &c."
This is the genuine first edition; there was also a pirated edition printed by Kneeland.
Drake and NAIP note two states of this Draper printing-- one with, the other without the price
line in the imprint. This one has the price line.
Evans 8292. Drake 3117. O'Neal 81.
$350.00
6. [Andrew, John A.]: NATIONAL TESTIMONIAL TO WILLIAM LLOYD
GARRISON. [Boston? 1866]. [3], [1 blank] pp. Caption title [as issued], folded. Light
dusting [but heavily so on top half of final blank]. Light wear, expert repair of split along fold
of second leaf [no loss]. Signed and dated in type, April 25 1866, by nearly 100 literary and
political figures, including John G. Whittier, Nathaniel P. Banks, Ben Wade, Thaddeus
Stevens, R.W. Emerson and Henry W. Longfellow. On page 3 is a five-line manuscript note
with the signature of Samuel May, Jr. asking for contributions, and disclosing that the
Address was written by Gov. Andrew, chairman of the committee. Page 3 has a printed letter
from Chief Justice Chase dated April 11, 1866, followed by an extract of a letter from
Charles Sumner, and a list of the Executive Committee members. Good+.
[offered with] Printed and holograph Circular distributed by Samuel May to persons in Fall
River, Massachusetts. 4to sheet, lined, signatures of nine individuals with amounts pledged or
paid for the National Testimonial to Garrison.
"In the early spring of 1866, less than four months after the publication of the final
number of The Liberator, a group of longtime friends and abolitionist associates met in
Boston and proposed that 'there should be a testimonial raised sufficient to put him [Garrison]
at ease for the rest of his life.' The result was the National Testimonial to William Lloyd
Garrison (1805-1879), which raised over $35,000 by subscription, and paid off the remaining
$3,000 mortgage on Garrison's home. He acknowledged the receipt of the funds from the
Testimonial Committee on 12 March 1868, accepting them 'in recognition of my labors in the
Anti-Slavery cause through a long and perilous struggle.'" [Adams and van Minnen:
RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR REFORM IN AMERICA, pages 91-92].
OCLC records, under several accession numbers, about fifteen locations as of October 2014.
$500.00
Item No. 6
President Washington: “a CHOSEN INSTRUMENT in the hand of
the ALMIGHTY”
7. Andrews, John: A SERMON, DELIVERED FEBRUARY 19, 1795, BEING A DAY OF
PUBLIC THANKSGIVING, THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
BY...JUNIOR PASTOR OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF NEWBURYPORT. Newburyport:
Blunt & March, 1795]. 22, [2 blanks] pp, with the half title, disbound. Several childish pencil
scrawls on blank verso of half title, Very Good.
"After the establishment of peace, the want of a firm, efficient, federal government was
sensibly felt. Our credit, our reputation were daily sinking; and the situation of our country
was truly deplorable. The good sense of our enlightened citizens soon led them to adopt a
constitution of government, framed by statesmen and legislators, inferior to none in the
world."
Andrews praises President Washington "as a CHOSEN INSTRUMENT in the hand of the
ALMIGHTY, for preserving us from the horrors of war, and continuing to us the blessings of
peace." He excoriates "popular demagogues" who "calumniate" the President and want "to
destroy a Constitution, which would honor any nation in the world."
Evans 28194.
$350.00
Item No. 8
Quitman’s “Far Sighted” Efforts to Bring “Democratic Principles”
[And Slavery] to Cuba
8. Arkansas: JOINT RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE
OF ARKANSAS, RELATIVE TO THE DEATH OF HON. JOHN A. QUITMAN. [Little
Rock: 1858]. Broadside, @7" x 9". Caption title, followed by two-column text surrounded by
ruled border. Printed on pale blue paper. Tanned portion, else Very Good.
A rare Arkansas imprint, eulogizing the Mississippian Quitman, a pro-slavery, State
Rights Senator whose "clear and far sighted mind early saw the importance of the acquisition
of Cuba and the spread of democratic principles over our neighboring territory." The
Arkansas Senate and House agree unanimously that, "on the eve of a momentuous [sic]
struggle, the south lost a man whom she could illy spare." The broadside is signed in type by
J.D. Kimbell, Secretary of the Senate, and S.M. Scott, Clerk of the House.
FIRST EDITION. Not on OCLC [as of September 2014], or in Allen, Owen, Sabin,
Eberstadt, Decker, LCP. Not located in NUC.
$750.00
Item No. 9
“Devoted Exclusively To the Anti-Slavery Cause”
9. Bailey, G[amaliel]: FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE. PUBLISHED MONTHLY:
WASHINGTON, D.C. VOL. I. NO. 1. MAY 1, 1855. NEW SERIES. [Washington: Buell &
Blanchard, 1855]. 16pp, caption title [as issued], disbound, printed in double columns. Light
wear, some loosening. Very Good. 'Specimen Copy- Supplement to the Era' printed above the
title.
First issue of an anti-slavery monthly urging a united response to the threat of the Slave
Power and an end to harmful squabbles among anti-slavery Know-Nothings, Democrats, and
Whigs. "In connection with the National Era, it is thought desirable to print monthly a smaller
publication, devoted exclusively to the Anti-Slavery Cause, at so low a rate as to adapt it to
the widest possible circulation...We have issued a specimen number, copies of which we send
in advance to our Voluntary Agents and others who, we think, will be interested in cooperating with us." Bailey wants "political power of the free States and of the Federal
Government" to be placed "in the hands of men honestly and actively opposed to Slavery."
He reports on developments in the struggle.
FIRST EDITION. Dumond 5. Not in LCP, Work, Blockson.
$375.00
Item No. 10
10. [Baillie, James]: PATENT BALANCING BY AN AMATEUR. ENTERED
ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS IN THE YEAR 1848 BY J. BAILLIE, IN THE
CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHN. DIST. OF N.Y. New
York: Litho. & Published by J. Baillie, [1848]. Folio broadside, 11.75" x 17". Original
uncolored lithograph on wove paper, laid down on linen. Several repaired short closed tears
at bottom edge, three extend into the image less than an inch [no loss]. The top edge has been
trimmed to just above the image border; the bottom edge has been trimmed to just below the
caption. Very Good.
The Library of Congress explains the print as follows: "New York 'Tribune' editor Horace
Greeley is ridiculed for vacillating between support of candidates Martin Van Buren and
Zachary Taylor in the presidential election of 1848. Greeley balances precariously on a
tightrope labeled 'Mason & Dickson's Line,' which is stretched across Salt River. He holds a
balancing pole with a bust of Van Buren on one end and Zachary Taylor on the other. His
foot rests upon a stool which in turn rests upon a loaf of 'Bran Bread' (a well-known Greeley
preference) poised on edge on the wire. He comments, 'O crackee! it is as hard work for me
to define my position as it was for Taylor to define his,' referring to Taylor's stubborn refusal
to take a public stand on major issues. Below, immersed in the proverbial river of political
disaster, is Henry Clay, defeated candidate for the Whig presidential nomination. Clay
complains, 'Alas! my Whig brethren! to this complexion must we all come at last!' To the
right, on shore, a bespectacled man (possibly an abolitionist) reads aloud from a book: 'On
slipp'ry heights, I see them stand / While briny billows roll below.' Further upstream a man
dressed in tattered clothes rides a donkey which trails a placard advertising, 'Ground & lofty
tumbling Mr. Greely's first appearance in that Character.' Greeley wears his characteristic
pale frock coat and carries a copy of the 'Tribune' in his pocket." [Library of Congress Prints
and Photographs Online Catalog. Call Number: PC/US - 1848.B157, no. 32 (B size) [P&P].
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2008661513]
Weitenkampf 94. OCLC 299946137 [1-Library of Congress], 191120064 [1-Library of
Congress] [as of September 2014].
$1,000.00
Item No. 11
11. [Balbani, Niccolo]: THE ITALIAN CONVERT: NEWS FROM ITALY OF A
SECOND MOSES. OR, THE LIFE OF GALEACIUS CARACCIOLUS, THE NOBLE
MARQUESS OF VICE. CONTAINING THE STORY OF HIS ADMIRABLE
CONVERSION FROM POPERY, AND FORSAKING A RICH MARQUESDOM FOR
THE SAKE OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. WRITTEN FIRST IN ITALIAN,
THENCE TRANSLATED INTO LATIN BY REVEREND B E Z A, AND FOR THE
BENEFIT OF OUR PEOPLE PUT INTO ENGLISH, AND NOW PUBLISHED BY W.C.
Boston: Thomas Fleet, 1751. [1 Printer's advt], [1 blank], 111, [1 blank] pp. Bound in original
sheep [chip at foot of spine]. Light wear and toning, Very Good.
The rare first American edition of "William Crashaw's translation of 'Galeacci Caraccioli,'
itself a translation of Balbani's 'Historia della vita di Galeazzo Caracciolo'" [NAIP].
Caracciolo was the 16th century "son and heir of the Marquis of Vico and one of the great
aristocrats of Italy." His celebrated story of "conversion by sermons" is well-known for its
illustration of the influence of Martin Luther, and his breaking the chains that bound him to
the Church of Rome. "The eventual result was one of the most dramatic of changes- a rich
young man leaving family, and wealth, and home for the sake of true religion." Chadwick,
The Early Reformation on the Continent 123-124 [2001].
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Evans 6633. NAIP w018479 [6].
$750.00
Item No. 12
"The First Legal Periodical Ever Published in New England”
12. [Baldwin, Simeon E.]: UNITED STATES LAW JOURNAL, AND CIVILIAN'S
MAGAZINE. EDITED BY SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE BAR. PUBLISHED
QUARTERLY. VOL. I. New Haven: Published by Gray & Hewit, 1822-1823. [2], 616, [12Index] pp. Containing Numbers 1-4 of Volume I [complete]. Bound in contemporary full
sheep with gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. Scattered foxing, spine rubbed, else Very
Good. With contemporary learned annotations in margins and endpapers.
The United States Law Journal and Civilian's Magazine was published in 1822-1823 and
in 1826, in two volumes. This offering is the entire first volume, with four quarterly issues
from June 1822 through April 1823. Publishing was "suspended in the summer of 1823"
[Harvard Law Catalogue] and resumed in January 1826. The second volume, printed in
January and April 1826, comprised Numbers 5 and 6, and was entitled, 'United States Law
Journal.'
It is "the first legal periodical ever published in New England, and the only legal
periodical in the world then published in the English language" [Woodard, American
Association of Law Libraries, Law Library Journal, Published in Conjunction with the Index
to Legal Periodicals (1919), page 89]. Contents include reports of and commentary on
significant cases, speeches of political figures with legal content, and book reviews. The
cases involve a variety of commercial controversies, including bankruptcy, patents, bills of
exchange; as well as the slave trade [the Case of the Jeune Eugenie] and the scope of federal
and appellate jurisdiction.
FIRST EDITION. Marvin 703. II Harv. Law Cat. 824. Lomazow 166. Not in Cohen,
American Imprints, Sabin.
$850.00
13. Barrett, Joseph O.: HISTORY OF "OLD ABE," THE LIVE WAR EAGLE OF THE
EIGHTH REGIMENT WISCONSIN VOLUNTEERS. Chicago: Dunlop, Spalding, Printers,
1865. Plain front wrapper, with title written in contemporary ink; color plate illus. on verso of
front wrap, 'A-GE-MAH-WE-GE-ZHIG' [the captor of the eagle]. Color plate frontis, 'Old
Abe', with tissue guard. Spine reinforced with black cloth tape. Lightly dusted and lightly
worn at outer leaves. 71pp, 1 map, 2 color plate illus. [as described above]. Good+.
"The incidents herein described were related by valid witnesses," says the author, assuring
that, "aside from the 'Romances of the Eagle,' they actually occurred." We offer the first
edition of this oft-printed Civil War work.
FIRST EDITION. Ante-Fire Imprints 879. Not in Bartlett, Nevins, Decker, Eberstadt.
$350.00
Item No. 13
Item No. 13
14. Benjamin, Asher: THE ARCHITECT, OR PRACTICAL HOUSE CARPENTER;
ILLUSTRATED BY SIXTY-FOUR ENGRAVINGS, WHICH EXHIBIT THE ORDERS OF
ARCHITECTURE, AND OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE ART; DESIGNED FOR THE USE
OF CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. BY ASHER BENJAMIN, ARCHITECT, AUTHOR
OF THE "AMERICAN BUILDER'S COMPANION," THE "RUDIMENTS OF
ARCHITECTURE," THE "PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE," AND THE "BUILDER'S
GUIDE." Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey, 1840. Quarto, viii, [9]-119 pp, 64 illustrated plates,
as issued. Original sheep [rubbed, front board detached but present], gilt-lettered black
morocco spine label and gilt spine bands [a few small chips to label]. Housed in an attractive
modern quarter morocco and brown cloth slipcase, with gilt-lettered spine. Scattered light
spotting, front endpaper loose. Good+.
Asher Benjamin [1773-1845] was born in Hartland, Connecticut, and settled in Boston. He
became a renowned architect, having designed and built a spiral staircase at the Old State
House in Hartford at age 22; built and designed numerous other houses, churches, and public
buildings. He wrote seven books on architecture.
The highly regarded bookseller Charles Wood wrote about this edition: "Originally
published 1830, this was Benjamin's fourth and vastly most popular work. This was the key
book in introducing the Greek Revival to the New England countryside, as well as to the
states in the mid-west. Hitchcock lists 17 separate issues between 1830 and ca. 1856 and he
by no means got them all (indeed, the present issue is not listed by him). This issue reprints
the preface dated July 1835 which states that 'three editions of this work, each containing a
thousand copies, having been sold, the author is encouraged to publish a fourth...' The
engraved content does not change at all between the first and the last edition. Thus one or
another edition of this title is obviously essential to any library on American architecture."
OCLC notes 10 copies under 2 accession numbers [as of September 2014].
$350.00
Rare Printing of Senator Benton’s Speech Opposing
Slavery in the Territories
15. Benton, Thomas Hart: SPEECH OF THE HON. THOS. H. BENTON, DELIVERED
AT THE CAPITOL AT JEFFERSON CITY, MAY 26TH, 1849. [St. Louis: Union Job Print,
(1849)]. 16pp. Folded folio sheet. Untrimmed and uncut. Some uncut edges dusted, text
clean. Upper blank margin with an early owner's small ink label. Very Good.
The powerful Missouri Senator, despite his State's contrary instructions, affirms
Congress's power to exclude slavery from the territories, especially the newly-acquired
Mexican Cession. Reviewing precedents, including the exclusion of slavery in the Northwest
Ordinance and from much of the Louisiana Territory, he notes the agreement of prominent
southerners, including Calhoun, with those decisions.
This is the rarest of several printings of this significant Speech; OCLC locates it only at
the Huntington. American Imprints Inventory records Jefferson City printings only.
OCLC 82952412 [1] [as of September 2014]. Not in Sabin, LCP, Eberstadt, Dumond, Graff,
Decker, Soliday.
$500.00
Item No. 15
Item No. 16
Pioneering Study by the Acclaimed Botanist
16. Bigelow, Jacob: FLORULA BOSTONIENSIS. A COLLECTION OF PLANTS OF
BOSTON AND ITS ENVIRONS, WITH THEIR GENERIC AND SPECIFIC
CHARACTERS, SYNONYMS, DESCRIPTIONS, PLACES OF GROWTH, AND TIME OF
FLOWERING, AND OCCASIONAL REMARKS. Boston: Published by Cummings and
Hilliard. Cambridge: Hilliard & Metcalf, printers, 1814. viii, 268 pp, untrimmed. Original
blue paper-covered boards, old paper spine label [lettering rubbed away], spine quite worn.
Closed tear in blank margin of early leaf, closed tear at pages 155-156 [no loss]. Lightly age
toned, light scattered foxing. A nice copy, Very Good in its original boards.
A pioneering study. An acclaimed botanist, Bigelow was "one of the committee of five
selected in 1820 to form the 'American Pharmacopoeia,' and is to be credited with the
principle of the nomenclature of materia medica afterward adopted by the British colleges..."
[Appleton]. Later editions were published in 1824 and 1840. DAB says that this work
"remained the standard manual of New England botany until the appearance of Gray's
Manual (1848)."
FIRST EDITION. Sabin 5297. AI 30914.
$750.00
The Republican Party Must Be "Pre-Eminently
the White Man's Party."
17. Blair, Montgomery: ADDRESS OF MONTGOMERY BLAIR, BEFORE THE
MARYLAND STATE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, AT BALTIMORE, APRIL 26,
1860. Washington: Buell & Blanchard. [Published by the Congressional Republican
Committee], 1860. 8pp, printed in double columns. Disbound, else Very Good.
The powerful Blair family, whose Democratic Party roots traced back to Andrew Jackson
and beyond, enlist in the "great and holy cause the Republicans have undertaken to sustain."
That "sacred" cause, however, is the continued supremacy of the white race. Unlike
abolitionists like Charles Sumner, Blair seeks "to prevent the Africanization of the
Territories, by giving them as homesteads to the free white race; and second, the plan of
procuring, in some neighboring country, a region where the free people among us of the
African race may also...be given homesteads and a country of their own."
Blair urges Republicans to advocate "the separation of the free people of these dissimilar
races," in order to "silence the false clamor against us, that we maintain the equality of the
negro, and favor amalgamation." Indeed, the Republican Party must become "pre-eminently
the white man's party."
FIRST EDITION. Not in Sabin, Work, Blockson, Eberstadt, Decker, Nevins, Bartlett, LCP.
OCLC records a number of institutional locations.
$350.00
Early Resistance To Legislative Tyranny
18. [Bowdoin, James]: COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. IN THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES, MARCH 10, 1787. ORDERED, THAT THE GOVERNOUR'S
OBJECTIONS, MADE THIS DAY TO THE BILL FOR ESTABLISHING A SALARY OF
A FIXED AND PERMANENT VALUE FOR THE GOVERNOUR; AND REPEALING A
LAW, HERETOFORE MADE FOR THAT PURPOSE, BE PUBLISHED; AND THAT THE
SECRETARY SEND COPIES THEREOF TO THE SEVERAL TOWNS AND
PLANTATIONS WITHIN THIS COMMONWEALTH. ATTEST. GEO. R. MINOT,
CLERK. [Boston: Printed by Edward Eveleth Powars, 1787]. Folio broadside, @11"x 17",
printed in two columns. Signed at the end in type by Bowdoin. Untrimmed. Several tanned
old folds, else Very Good.
This rare broadside is a serious attempt to limit the power of popularly elected legislative
majorities. It prints Governor Bowdoin's message vetoing a bill reducing the Governor's
salary.
The fear of excessive legislative power was a primary concern of the architects of
American representative government. Bowdoin, who ranks "among the founders of the
republic" [DAB], argues that the Act is one "to which the Legislative power does not extend."
Citing the Massachusetts Constitution, Bowdoin explains "that the Governour should not be
under the undue influence of any of the Members of the General Court, by a dependence on
them for his support; that he should in all cases act with freedom for the benefit of the
public."
Evans missed this one; NAIP records holdings only at AAS, the Bostonian Society, and
the Massachusetts Historical Society. Powars was printer to the Massachusetts House of
Representatives in 1787.
Bristol B6525. Shipton 45097. Ford 2470. NAIP w010470 [3]. Not in Evans.
$3,500.00
Item No. 18
19. Brennan & Co.: BRENNAN & CO. SOUTH-WESTERN AGRICULTURAL WORKS
MANUFACTURERS OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, STANDARD FARM
MACHINERY, CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, &C. OFFICE, COR. EIGHTH AND GREEN
STS., LOUISVILLE, KY. REDUCED PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. CIRCULAR SAW
MILLS, SHINGLE AND LATH MACHINES, &C. AT FACTORY PRICES, FREIGHT
ADDED, THESE MACHINES ARE SOLD BY ______. [Louisville? 1886?]. Original
printed and illustrated wrappers with wrapper title [as issued]. 31, [1] pp. Stitched. Many
engraved illustrations, a number of them full-page. Light fox and wear, Very Good.
Descriptions, prices and testimonials are included in this rare trade catalogue. 'Kentucky'
is used in the name of several of the Company's products.
Not in Romaine, Winterthur, Coleman, NUC, or on OCLC [as of September 2014]. See
Winterthur 9 [another publication of this Company].
$350.00
Item No. 19
“An Institution of Lust, Devised by Satan”
20. Briggs, E.C. and R.M. Attwood: ADDRESS TO THE SAINTS IN UTAH AND
CALIFORNIA. POLYGAMY PROVEN AN ABOMINATION BY HOLY WRIT. IS
BRIGHAM YOUNG PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OR IS HE
NOT? WRITTEN BY E.C. BRIGGS AND R.M. ATTWOOD. REVISED BY JOSEPH
SMITH AND WM. W. BLAIR. Plano, Ill.: Church of J.C. of L.D. Saints, 1869. 12mo.
Original printed orange wrappers [bit of spine and corner chipping], stitched. Text clean.
Very Good plus.
Briggs and Attwood argue that polygamy violates scripture and church law. It has "ever
gone hand in hand with idolatry, murder, and every other secret abomination followed in its
train." It is "an institution of lust, devised by Satan to overthrow purity, and legalize
whoredom and abomination." The second part of the tract undermines, with much learned
argument, Brigham Young's claim to the presidency of the Church.
"Elder Briggs was one of the prime movers in the most successful of the recusant Mormon
sects, the Josephites. He had the hardihood to question Brigham's assumption of the role and
mantel of the murdered Prophet, Joseph Smith, and proclaimed his heretical doctrine not only
throughout the West, but also within the gates of the Mormon stronghold" [Eberstadt].
FIRST EDITION. Flake & Draper 817. 107 Eberstadt 277. Not in Decker or Soliday.
$750.00
Item No. 20
21. [Brokmeyer, H.C.]: A FOGGY NIGHT AT NEWPORT. St. Louis: Published by Gray
& Crawford, Printed at Wm. E. Foote's Book and Job Office, 1860. 39, [1 blank] pp. Original
printed wrappers [light wear and spotting]. Light foxing; light waterstain running through
blank top margin of all leaves. Good+.
DAB devotes three full columns to the life of this Prussian-born resident of Missouri who
organized and "became the oracle of" the St. Louis Philosophical Society, devoted to
spreading Hegelian idealism "throughout the Middle West." His translation of Hegel's 'Larger
Logic' was the ultimate for fellow St. Louis Hegelians. But DAB calls his writings
"incoherent", including in that infelicitous category this "poetic drama." Its cast of characters
features a newspaper editor, a columnist, a "zealous supporter of Woman's Rights," and
assorted "Witches, Mediums, Rescuers, Servants, &c."
FIRST EDITION. Sabin 55035. III DAB 65.
$450.00
President Zachary Taylor Betrays the South
22. Brown, Albert G[allatin]: LETTER OF ALBERT G. BROWN, TO HIS
CONSTITUENTS. [Washington: 1850]. 8pp, caption title [as issued]. Disbound, age-toned,
Good+.
The Mississippi Senator bitterly informs his flock that California has formed a
government, adopted a Constitution barring slavery, and applied for admission to the Union.
The Administration of President Zachary Taylor-- a fellow southerner, Louisiana planter, and
slaveholder-- has betrayed the South by supporting California's petition. Brown denounces
"illegitimate influences at work" in California, especially "secret spies and agents sent out
from Washington" [a reference to T. Butler King's mission], urges rejection of California's
Constitution, asserts that California is well-suited to slavery, and defiantly dares California to
set itself up as an independent Republic.
FIRST EDITION. OCLC 17505445 [9] [as of September 2014]. Sabin 8435.
$250.00
A State-Rights Virginian Denounces the “Catastrophe” of Nullification
23. Brown, John Thompson: SPEECH OF JOHN THOMPSON BROWN, (OF
PETERSBURG,) IN THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES OF VIRGINIA, IN COMMITTEE OF
THE WHOLE, ON THE STATE OF THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED
STATES AND SOUTH CAROLINA. DELIVERED JANUARY 5, 1833. Richmond:
Thomas W. White, Printer, 1833. 42, [2 blanks] pp. Disbound, lightly to moderately foxed,
Good+.
Brown's Speech illustrates that many State Rights advocates opposed South Carolina's
purported Nullification of the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832. Brown and many other Virginians of
the Jeffersonian Strict Construction school refused to support the "catastrophe" of
Nullification, which "would bury deep in one indiscriminate ruin, the liberties and happiness
of this hemisphere, if not of the whole human family." His Speech is an especially good
vehicle for examining those views, because he was an insightful student of the Constitution.
Brown explains his objections to Nullification. True, the tariff is "unequal and oppressive"
in its discriminatory effects upon the South; and its imposition is "odious." Moreover, Tariffs
are "a perversion of the spirit and intent of the Constitution." But, thanks to President
Jackson's policy divorcing the national government from manufacturing and banking, "the
days of the Tariff and the American System were already numbered." Nullification was
unnecessary, provocative, and dangerous. "It was a fearful thing to see the foundations of
government uplifted, and all the elements of social being thrown into wild commotion."
Brown examines the history of the Union's creation. Emphasizing the sovereignty of each
State, he nevertheless concludes, "The Federal compact was not an ordinary treaty...but was
an intimate constitutional union, establishing a common government for certain general
purposes between the parties. The closeness of the connexion and the mutual dependence of
the destinies of the one upon the other, gave rise to some obligations which did not exist in
the case of a mere treaty respecting transient interests." Nullification, "a snare for the feet of
the unwary," impermissibly claims "a right to dissolve the compact at will and pleasure."
FIRST EDITION. Haynes 2260. Not in Cohen or LCP. OCLC locates nine copies under two
accession numbers, as of October 2014.
$850.00
Item No. 23
Georgia Governor Brown Opposes Jeff Davis’s Centralizing Dictatorship
24. [Brown, Joseph]: CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN GOVERNOR BROWN AND
PRESIDENT DAVIS, ON THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE CONSCRIPTION ACT.
Atlanta, Ga.: Atlanta Intelligencer Print., 1862. 52pp. Toned and dusted, with a reinforced
spine. Good+.
"An extremely acrimonious and paradoxical correspondence wherein Governor Brown
vigorously contended for State Rights in the matter of conscripts, whereas Davis,
unconsciously agreeing with Lincoln, held to the view that power, in the last analysis, was
vested not in the State but in the government itself" [Eberstadt]. Crandall and Parrish also
note an Atlanta Intelligencer printing of 46 pages.
Parrish & Willingham 2847 [10 locations]. Crandall 1563. De Renne 643. 113 Eberstadt 111.
OCLC 54258343 [1- Yale] [as of September 2014].
$1,500.00
25. [Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands]: ANNUAL REPORT OF
THE ADJUTANT- GENERAL, ON THE OPERATIONS OF THE FREEDMEN'S
BRANCH OF HIS OFFICE, FOR THE YEAR 1873. Washington: Government Printing
Office, 1873. 8pp, tables. Original printed blue wrappers [light foxing and age toning, light
wear], stitched. Text lightly toned, some crimping and chipping of corners. Good+.
Assistant Adjutant General Thomas M. Vincent reports on the business of the Bureau of
Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. Thirteen offices are now open, including newly
established ones at Fort Monroe, Virginia; Forts Macon and Johnston, North Carolina;
Charleston, and Savannah.
Many claimants have moved since filing their claims, creating difficulties in making
payments. Other snafus are noted. Capt. James McMillan, Chief Disbursing Officer, submits
three pages of tables showing receipts and disbursements of "Pay, Bounty, Etc. due Colored
Soldiers or their Heirs" for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873.
OCLC records only a few copies, under several accession numbers.
$125.00
Item No. 26
26. Burritt, Elihu: THE CHRISTIAN CITIZEN. Worcester and Boston: January 13, 1844
– November 9, 1844. Volume I, Nos. 2-45. Forty unbound issues. An almost consecutive run
of this weekly periodical's first eleven months, lacking Nos. 1, 20-22, and 25. Each is [4] pp.
Elephant folio folded to 16" x 21-1/2". Generously margined, some extremity dusting. Light
occasional wear, Very Good.
Elihu Burritt [1810-1879], a native of Connecticut, was a blacksmith turned
philanthropist. His causes included the abolition of slavery, world peace, and temperance.
Known as "The Learned Blacksmith," Burritt was a religious man, opposed to slavery, who
launched the Christian Citizen soon before the annexation of Texas. Each issue has three
sections of news and editorial comment: religion, peace, and-- most explicitly-- the antislavery cause. The latter included much discussion of the Texas Question, as well as letters
from and about abolitionists like the Kentuckian Cassius Clay, Gerrit Smith, William Jay,
James Birney, Isaac Hopper, Charles Torrey, John Quincy Adams [who led the fight as a
Congressman against the Gag Rule, which prohibited discussion of Anti-Slavery petitions].
Black abolitionists contributed to the Citizen also, particularly James McCune Smith, the first
African-American physician, and fugitive slave Lewis Clarke. There are also notices of
meetings of Anti-Slavery Societies and the new Liberty Party.
The Christian Citizen linked the American peace movement with the crusade against
slavery, and was evidently the first publication to do so. Burritt devoted all his money to the
effort, which brought him to the verge of bankruptcy.
Not in Mott, Sabin, Eberstadt, American Imprints, Lomazow. OCLC records 14 institutional
locations as of September 2014.
$1,250.00
Item No. 27
The Colonists Should “Enjoy the Freedom of British Subjects"
27. [Bushe, Gervase P.]: THE CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA,
ADDRESSED TO THE KING, AND BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Boston: Edes &
Gill, [1769]. 4to. 15, [1 blank] pp. Stitched. Light to moderate spotting, Good+.
Originally published in London in 1768, this is the second American edition, and the only
American printing to which Howes accorded the 'aa' rating for scarcity . It was preceded by
the Philadelphia edition several weeks earlier in 1769.
This important defense of the American right to self-government "urges that England
abandon colonial taxation, and that the colonies be permitted to act voluntarily" [Howes.] The
Colonists "have a right to tax themselves by their representatives, in their provincial
assemblies, and that none of them vote for representatives in the British Parliament; and that
all of them are to enjoy the freedom of British subjects." The arguments against the American
side are "very weak and very few." The Americans' rights "are derived from time, from
compact, and from nature."
Howes B1039aa. Adams Independence 64e. Evans 11194.
$2,000.00
The Platform Maintains “Principles of Self-Government and Independence
That Deeply Influenced the American Political System"
28. Cambridge Synod: A PLATFORM OF CHURCH-DISCIPLINE, GATHERED OUT
OF THE WORD OF GOD; AND AGREED UPON BY THE ELDERS AND
MESSENGERS OF THE CHURCHES ASSEMBLED IN THE SYNOD AT CAMBRIDGE,
IN N. E. TO BE PRESENTED TO THE CHURCHES AND GENERAL COURT FOR
THEIR CONSIDERATION AND ACCEPTANCE IN THE LORD, THE 8TH MONTH,
ANNO 1649. Boston: Re-printed and sold by Green and Russell, 1757. Small 8vo. pp xxii,
55, [9], iv, 53, [1 blank] [as issued], with the half title. Lacking front free endpaper, light to
moderate foxing, two leaves with closed tears into text [but without text loss]. Faint
contemporary ink inscription on the half title. Bound in contemporary sheep [some rubbing,
chipped at spinehead]. Good+.
The foundation of congregational church government in New England, the Platform is "a
work of the greatest American significance, maintaining as it did principles of selfgovernment and independence that deeply influenced the origin of the American political
system" [Streeter Sale 627]. It established the authority of independent, local religious
congregations to govern themselves. It first issued from Cambridge in 1649. Resolutions
adopted by the Synod at Boston in September 1679, and at the general meeting of ministers
in 1697, are included.
A second title, probably issued with the Platform but recorded separately by Evans, is
present, with separate title page, 'A Confession of Faith, Owned and Consented to by the
Elders and Messengers of the Churches Assembled at Boston in New-England, May 12,
1680,' printed in Boston in 1757.
Evans 7866, 7850. Holmes, Minor Mathers 51-Q. NAIP w015130.
$1,000.00
Item No. 28
29. [Campbell, John]: A COMPLEAT HISTORY OF SPANISH AMERICA;
CONTAINING A DISTINCT ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY, SETTLEMENT,
TRADE, AND PRESENT CONDITION OF NEW MEXICO, FLORIDA, NEW GALICIA,
GUATIMULA, CUBA, HISPANIOLA...WITH A PARTICULAR DETAIL OF THE
COMMERCE WITH OLD SPAIN BY THE GALEONS, FLOTA, &C. AS ALSO OF THE
CONTRABAND TRADE WITH THE ENGLISH, DUTCH, FRENCH, DANES, AND
PORTUGUEZE. TOGETHER WITH AN APPENDIX, IN WHICH IS COMPREHENDED
AN EXACT DESCRIPTION OF PARAGUAY. COLLECTED CHIEFLY FROM SPANISH
WRITERS. London: Printed for John Stagg..., 1742. [12], 330, [2] pp. Bound in modern calf,
with gilt-lettered black morocco spine label and raised spine bands. Text clean with minor
scattered foxing, Very Good.
The second edition, published in the previous year under the title, 'A Concise History of
the Spanish America...' Campbell treats the expeditions of Columbus, Cortez, and Pizarro; the
geography and inhabitants of the West Indies, California, and Florida; and Mexico, Central
America, and South America. "Campbell wrote to encourage English interest in the Spanish
empire, and tended to emphasize commercial and economic matters, with considerable space
devoted to intra-colonial and contraband trade" [52 Howell 450] [offering the first edition].
Howes C93aa. Sabin 10232. Stevens, Rare Americana 1339.
$750.00
Item No. 29
The Answer is “No”
30. Campbell, Malcolm: IS THE COTTON TAX CONSTITUTIONAL? New York: 1866.
Original printed wrappers [light wear, dustsoil]. Stitched, 36pp, Very Good.
The question is whether Congress's Act of 1866, imposing a tax of three cents per pound
on unmanufactured cotton, violates Article I, Section 9, of the Constitution, which prohibits
taxation of "articles exported from any State." Campbell’s thorough inquiry draws upon the
Federalist, Rawle, and Chief Justices Marshall and Chase. He concludes that "this is the first
instance in the legislation of the country where a tax has been imposed upon an agricultural
product in its raw state, simply upon the ground of its production." As cotton cannot be
exported interstate without payment of the tax, the law is unconstitutional. Moreover, the tax
is an unconstitutional "direct tax," as well as "punishment for the events of the last five
years."
FIRST EDITION. OCLC 10484684 [5] [as of September 2014]. Not in Harv. Law Cat.,
Marke, Sabin, NUC.
$350.00
31. Catholic, An Adopted: LETTER OF AN ADOPTED CATHOLIC, ADDRESSED TO
THE PRESIDENT OF THE KENTUCKY DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION OF
WASHINGTON CITY, ON TEMPORAL ALLEGIANCE TO THE POPE, AND THE
RELATIONS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND CATHOLICS, BOTH NATIVE AND
ADOPTED, TO THE SYSTEM OF DOMESTIC SLAVERY AND ITS AGITATION IN
THE UNITED STATES. THE SPEECH OF HON. W.R. SMITH, OF ALABAMA..."ON
THE AMERICAN PARTY AND ITS MISSION," REVIEWED. [Washington: 1856]. 8pp,
caption title [as issued]. Untrimmed and uncut, with a few short closed tears in the wide blank
margins. Very Good.
An insightful critique of the common political base shared by the Republican and KnowNothing Parties, and their members' similar deplorable voting patterns. "The higher law
doctrine of the Republicans" produced the political climate that permits Know-Nothings to
disregard foreign-born citizens' and Catholics' "ancient privileges and rights of conscience as
guarantied by the Constitution and laws of the United States." The author rebuts the
disgusting charges levied by the Know-Nothings against Catholics, and claims the
Republicans are, at heart, Know-Nothings as well.
FIRST EDITION. Not in Sabin, Eberstadt, Decker, LCP, but well-represented in institutional
holdings.
$275.00
“The Home of a Happy, Enlightened and Patriotic Community
Of White Freemen."
32. [Central Committee of the California Democratic Party]: GOV. DOWNEY'S
ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA. READ AND CIRCULATE. [Sacramento?
1863]. Folio broadside, printed in five columns. 12-1/2" x 18-1/2". A few spots, light
crimping, small abrasion affecting portions of a few letters. A Good+ printing of an
extremely rare, evidently unrecorded broadside.
John G. Downey had been California's Democratic Governor from 1860 until January
1862. Writing on July 13, 1863, he seeks re-election, denouncing the Lincoln Administration,
which "finds a parallel only in the annals of Asiatic despotism" for its "repeated acts of
tyranny, usurpation and corruption."
Downey had approved slavery in Kansas; he sided with southern Democrats before the
War. But he stumped for Stephen A. Douglas in 1860 and claimed to be a friend of the
Union. Downey's Union, however, was a union with slaveholders and state sovereignty.
Downey and the California Democratic Party's Central Committee "unequivocally denounce
and unqualifiedly condemn the Emancipation Proclamation as tending to protract indefinitely
civil war, incite servile insurrection, and inevitably close the door forever to a restoration of
the Union of the States." He warns that freed Negroes "will, unless prohibitory measures are
adopted, seek an asylum in California." If elected, Downey will make California "the home
of a happy, enlightened and patriotic community of white freemen."
In a special appeal to "Miners of California," the Central Committee warns that a
Republican administration will claim all the mineral wealth of California for itself and leave
the miners high and dry.
Not in Cowan, Drury, Eberstadt, Graff. Not located on OCLC or commonly consulted online
sources as of September 2014.
$1,750.00
Item No. 32
Impeachment of Justice Chase
33. Chase, Samuel: EXHIBITS, ACCOMPANYING THE ANSWER AND PLEA OF
SAMUEL CHASE, ONE OF THE ASSOCIATE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT
OF THE UNITED STATES. [Washington: 1805]. 54, [2 blanks] pp. Stitched and untrimmed.
A few leaves with light corner spotting, else Fine.
In 1796 President Washington nominated the Federalist Chase, a signer of the Declaration
of Independence, to the Supreme Court; the Senate unanimously confirmed. Angered by
President Adams's last-minute judicial appointments, Jeffersonians resolved, after the 1800
election, to make "an example of at least one Judge." Chase became their target. The pretext
was his harangue to a Maryland Grand Jury, opposing Jefferson's agenda. His "unnecessarily
strenuous support of the Sedition Law, his prejudiced and passionate conduct of the trials of
the two Republicans, Thomas Cooper and James T. Callender...and his personal traits had
long subjected him to vicious and unmeasured attacks" [I Warren, The Supreme Court 273].
Tried in the Senate, Chase responded in these Exhibits and was acquitted. "It is generally
agreed that Chase's acquittal saved Marshall; it is therefore of fundamental importance in our
constitutional history" [DAB]. American Imprints locates only the Library of Congress copy;
OCLC records copies only at the American Philosophical Society and the British Library.
Cohen 14470. AI 9521 [1]. OCLC 78190501 [2] [as of October 2014]. Not in Marvin, Marke,
Harv. Law Cat.
$750.00
Item No. 33
Gold Rush Fever, with Pretty Pictures
34. Chavannes de la Giraudiere, H. De.: LES PETITS VOYAGEURS EN CALIFORNIE.
Tours: Ad Mame et Cie, 1853. [1-half title], [1], [1 blank], [frontis], 188 pp.
Chromolithographic frontispiece and 7 chromolithographic plates with tissue guards. Original
pictorial paper covered boards in color and gilt [minor wear], all edges gilt. Front board
illustration of a large sailing boat at sea, with a smaller boat containing three people in the
foreground rowing to it. Very Good.
This children's story centers on a Frenchman, transfixed by the Gold Rush, who travels
from Le Havre to search for gold in California. He has two boys with him; they go to San
Francisco in 1848 via New York, the Panama Canal, and the Gulf of Mexico. The book
describes their adventures, their labors in the mines, and their accounts of mining life. The
eight fine plates depict scenes of mining life as well as a view of San Francisco.
FIRST EDITION. Cowan, page 837. 35 Decker 683. Jones 1298.
$650.00
Item No. 34
35. Chestnut and Walnut Street Railway: A CONSIDERATION OF THE SUBJECT OF
THE CENTRAL PASSENGER RAILWAY, BEING A RAILWAY FOR PASSENGERS
ONLY, PROPOSED TO BE RUN FROM SECOND TO TWENTY-THIRD STREET, VIA
WALNUT AND CHESTNUT STREETS, IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.
Philadelphia: W.B. Zieber, 1858. Original printed wrappers, stitched. 94, [1], [1 blank] pp.
Spine wrapper shorn but text block firm. Wrappers chipped at extremities. Good+.
The inner wrappers print reports and articles advocating the passenger railway.
Philadelphia's once-"conspicuous ascendancy over all the cities of America is gradually, but
palpably, passing away." The city's salvation depends on "energy, activity, and indomitable
enterprise." The proposed railway is the best means of sweeping away the "palsy" that has
afflicted Philadelphia. The pamphlet sets forth the reasons for its construction, and rebuts
opposing arguments.
OCLC locates ten copies as of September 2014.
$175.00
Item No. 36
A Fine, Informative Pre-Fire Imprint
36. Chicago: THE RAIL-ROADS, HISTORY AND COMMERCE OF CHICAGO.
THREE ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE DAILY DEMOCRATIC PRESS. Chicago,
Illinois: Democratic Press Job and Book Steam Printing Office, 45 Clark St., 1854. Original
printed wrappers [chipped at edges and along spine, loosening] with wrapper title [as issued].
Stitched, 72pp [as issued]. Light wear, Very Good.
The first 17 pages describe Chicago and its railroads, followed by the history of Chicago,
a variety of commercial statistics, and end with five pages of local advertising.
FIRST EDITION. Howes C374. Byrd 2094. This edition not in Ante-Fire Imprints.
$750.00
Item No. 37
37. Chicago & North-Western Railway: PULLMAN'S PALACE HOTEL CARS ARE
RUN DAILY ON THE OMAHA & CALIFORNIA TRAINS OF THE CHICAGO &
NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. BEAR IN MIND! NO OTHER ROAD RUNS PULLMAN
HOTEL CARS, PULLMAN DINING CARS, OR ANY OTHER FORM OF HOTEL,
DINING OR RESTAURANT CARS THROUGH BETWEEN CHICAGO AND THE
MISSOURI RIVER. Chicago: Ed. Mendel, [1878]. 4-1/8" x 6-3/4". Folded, [4] pp. Pale
violet card stock, elegantly ornamented and illustrated. Timetable, effective October 1878, of
trains between Chicago and San Francisco. A Map of the Chicago & North-Western Railway
is on page [4]. The "palatial hotel cars," with "charmingly arranged lavatories," "grand
saloon," "elegant drawing-room" and other appointments are described. Very Good.
Not located on OCLC as of September 2014.
$150.00
A “Bomb” Thrown “Into the Pro-Slavery Camp”
38. Child, Mrs. [Lydia Marie]: AN APPEAL IN FAVOR OF THAT CLASS OF
AMERICANS CALLED AFRICANS. BY MRS. CHILD. Boston: Allen and Ticknor, 1833.
Portrait frontis, with original tissue guard. [8], 232 pp. Tipped-in errata slip after title leaf.
Illustrations at pages 16 and [190]. Original publisher's cloth, with chipped paper spine label
and light wear. Old library bookplate. One page tanned, a few blank margin holes at one leaf.
Very Good. Contemporary ownership signature, 'Isaac Barton,' perhaps the abolitionist
minister who wrote several anti-slavery works.
This is the first edition of one of the earliest and most important pieces of American
abolitionist literature. The book caused a great commotion when it appeared in 1833. Lydia
Maria Child (1802-1880), who was best known as a popular novelist, argued not only for
abolishing slavery, but for admitting Africans to American society on an equal footing. After
its publication, people she knew avoided her on the street, and the sale of her once-popular
books plummeted. But Child remained resolute: she campaigned on behalf of human rights
all her life. DAB calls the book a "bomb" that Mrs. Child "threw into the pro-slavery camp."
"Mrs. Child, descended from one of the earliest settlers of Cambridge, Massachusetts, was
a lady to be reckoned with. Novelist, schoolmistress, and editor of a magazine for children,
she became the kind of dedicated abolitionist that only a Yankee gentlewoman could be. This
slim volume was the first of a long series of books, pamphlets, and articles by which Mrs.
Child attracted influential persons to the cause of abolitionism, and aroused bitter hostility in
conservative quarters. Through her Channing, Sumner, Higginson, and other effective
opponents of slavery were brought over to the cause" [LCP].
FIRST EDITION. LCP Negro History Exhibition 79. LCP 2269. Dumond 38. Work 299.
$1,750.00
Item No. 38
Item No. 39
“One of the Rarest Kentucky Anti-Slavery Tracts”
39. Clarkson, T[homas]: AN ESSAY ON THE SLAVERY AND COMMERCE OF THE
HUMAN SPECIES, PARTICULARLY THE AFRICAN. IN THREE PARTS. Georgetown,
K.: Published by the Rev. David Barrow. J.N. Lyle- Printer, 1816. Original sheep [some
rubbing, small chip at head of spine], with gilt-lettered morocco spine title. xix, [blank], [21]175 pp. Endpapers foxed, text lightly so. Very Good.
"One of the rarest of Kentucky anti-slavery tracts" [Coleman]. Clarkson's Essay is a
"classic in the crowded field of slavery literature. It aroused a storm of indignation against the
African traders which was capitalized by Mr. Wilberforce to introduce the first anti-slave
trade motion in Parliament on May 12, 1789" [Ragatz].
At the center of the anti-slavery struggle for many years, Clarkson argues that the slave
trade is "contrary to reason, justice, nature, the principle of law and government, the whole
doctrine, in short, of natural religion, and the revealed voice of God." "David Barrow, a
pioneer Kentucky preacher and abolitionist, republished this book and distributed it"
[Coleman].
Coleman 3032. Dumond 40. AII [KY] 584. This edition not in Work, Sabin, Ragatz, LCP.
$1,000.00
“A Powerful Attack on Annexation and Slavery by
One of the Leading Citizens of Kentucky”
40. Clay, Cassius M.: SPEECH OF CASSIUS M. CLAY. AGAINST THE
ANNEXATION OF TEXAS TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN REPLY TO
COL. R.M. JOHNSON AND OTHERS, IN A MASS MEETING OF CITIZENS OF THE
EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, AT THE WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, SCOTT
COUNTY, KENTUCKY, ON SATURDAY, DEC. 30, 1843. FROM THE LEXINGTON
OBSERVER AND REPORTER OF JAN. 1844. New York: Republished by Daniel Fenshaw,
1844. 24pp. Disbound without wraps, else Very Good.
"This is a powerful attack on annexation and slavery by one of the leading citizens of
Kentucky. That most of those present at its delivery were undoubtedly strong partisans of
annexation and slavery meant nothing to Clay, who [had] unfaltering honesty, indiscreet
pugnacity and the wild spirit of the crusader. Clay's rejected resolutions alleged annexation
was unconstitutional, a breach of our treaty with Mexico, and a just cause for the dissolution
of the Union....One of the most important of the separately published pieces against
annexation." Streeter. This is one of several editions which issued after the Lexington 1844
printing.
Streeter 1485B. LCP 2412.
$350.00
Item No. 40
Item No. 41
“LIVE FREE or DIE"
41. Clinton, George: AN ORATION, DELIVERED ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1798,
BEFORE THE GENERAL SOCIETY OF MECHANICS AND TRADESMEN, THE
DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY, THE TAMMANY SOCIETY OR COLUMBIAN ORDER, THE
NEW YORK COOPER'S SOCIETY, AND A NUMEROUS CONCOURSE OF OTHER
CITIZENS. BY GEO. CLINTON, JUN. CITIZEN OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE SOCIETIES. New-York: Printed by M.L. & W.A.
Davis, 1798. 14, [2] pp. Disbound. A few fox spots, Very Good.
A rare July 4th Oration by the nephew of Governor Clinton. This George Clinton was
born in 1771 and died in 1809. During his short life he was a New York Jeffersonian, and
served in the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Congresses. Here Clinton urges his audience, "ever
remember the nefarious and insidious plans which were laid to enslave us; the cruelty and
perfidy with which they were endeavoured to be carried into effect; our generous resistance
to tyranny, and the various vicissitudes of our revolutionary war."
A free and virtuous America is now "the asylum of the oppressed." He asks his fellow
citizens to "evince to your country and to the world, that you are resolved to LIVE FREE or
DIE." This is one of the earliest uses of the phrase which would become the State motto of
New Hampshire. The final two pages consist of an original Ode by Margaretta V. Faugeres,
an early American poet, "composed for the occasion." Wegelin also records Faugeres's Ode
as a separate folio broadside.
FIRST EDITION. Evans 33522. NAIP w016827 [4]. Wegelin 135 [reference].
$750.00
Southern Policy is to Keep “the Masses” Stupid
42. Collins, N.G.: SPEECH OF REV. N.G. COLLINS, CHAPLAIN OF THE 57TH
ILLINOIS VOL. INFANTRY, DELIVERED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, TO
REGIMENTS IN GEN. DODGE'S DIVISION, AND AT LA MOILLE, BUREAU CO.,
ILLINOIS, TO THE CITIZENS AND VETERAN SOLDIERS OF THAT SECTION. ON
THE INTELLECTUAL CONDITION OF THE SOUTH COMPARED WITH THE NORTH,
WITH ITS BEARING UPON THE PRESENT REBELLION. NO. 1. Chicago: Church,
Goodman & Cushing, [1864]. 12mo. 24pp, original printed wrappers [institutional
rubberstamp on front wrap], disbound, loosened, scattered fox and light wear, Good+.
A rare speech by Reverend Collins to his 57th Illinois Infantry, which was organized in
late 1861. Collins enlisted with the 57th at its inception. He discusses the fatal ignorance of
Southerners who, with proper education, would never have consented to the War. "It is
against the policy of the South to develope [sic] either the hope or intelligence of the masses,
and the same is true in all lands throughout the world where slavery has existed."
Sabin 14447. Not in Ante-Fire Imprints, Bartlett, Nicholson, Nevins, Dornbusch, Eberstadt,
NUC, LCP. OCLC 55617876 [1- NYHS] [as of October 2014].
$500.00
Item No. 42
Item No. 43
43. Collins, N.G.: SPEECH OF REV. N.G. COLLINS, CHAPLAIN OF THE 57TH
ILLINOIS VOL. INFANTRY, DELIVERED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, TO
REGIMENTS IN GEN. DODGE'S DIVISION, AND AT LA MOILLE, BUREAU CO.,
ILLINOIS, TO THE CITIZENS AND VETERAN SOLDIERS OF THAT SECTION. ON
THE INTELLECTUAL CONDITION OF THE SOUTH COMPARED WITH THE NORTH,
WITH ITS BEARING UPON THE PRESENT REBELLION. NO. 2. Chicago: Church,
Goodman & Cushing, [1864]. 12mo, 24pp, original printed wrappers [institutional
rubberstamp on front wrap], disbound, loosened, scattered fox and light wear, Good+.
The second in the series of two speeches by Reverend Collins to his 57th Illinois Infantry.
"It is a strange fact that in the South the higher classes feel proud of their ignorance upon the
most common subject, especially where labor is involved. In one sense they are probably the
most thoroughly educated people in the world, that is they have been more thoroughly taught
how to do nothing."
FIRST EDITION. Sabin 14447. Ante-Fire Imprints 617. OCLC 49498241 [2- Trinity
College, Chicago History Museum] [as of October 2014]. Not in Bartlett, Nicholson, Nevins,
LCP, Dornbusch, Eberstadt.
$500.00
44. Connecticut: ACTS AND LAWS, MADE AND PASSED BY THE GENERAL
COURT OR ASSEMBLY OF THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE STATE OF
CONNECTICUT, IN AMERICA; HOLDEN AT HARTFORD, IN SAID STATE, ON THE
SECOND THURSDAY OF MAY, ANNO DOMINI, 1778. [New London: Green, 1778]. 7,
(1) pp [pp. 495-501, (1)], as issued. Folio, stitched, minor foxing, untrimmed, Very Good to
Near Fine.
This Session responds to the recommendation of the Continental Congress that States
arrange for forfeiture and sale of property belonging to persons "who have heretofore
voluntarily gone over to, joined with, and screened themselves under the Protection of the
Enemies of the United States of America, or have aided and assisted them in their hostile
Measures against said States, and have continued so to do, until the passing of this Act..." The
proceeds of sale are to be used for the War effort.
The General Assembly also suspends the Act controlling wages and prices, because the
Continental Congress has just resolved that, "by a Change of Circumstances in the Commerce
of these States, the Regulation of Prices lately recommended by Congress, may be
unnecessary;" establishes the Twenty-Sixth Regiment from the Towns of New Hartford,
Hartland, Winchester, Barkhempstead and Colebrook; and provides a form for reporting each
Town's Grand List.
FIRST EDITION. Evans 15762. Bates 228.
$350.00
45. Connecticut: ACTS AND LAWS, MADE AND PASSED BY THE GENERAL
COURT OR ASSEMBLY OF THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE STATE OF
CONNECTICUT, IN AMERICA; HOLDEN (BY ADJOURNMENT) AT HARTFORD, IN
SAID STATE, ON THE ELEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER, ANNO DOMINI, 1777. [NewLondon: Green, 1777]. Pages 475-480, as issued. Folio, disbound. Lightly foxed, untrimmed.
Very Good.
This Session required, as a condition of voting or office-holding, the citizen to take "an
Oath of Fidelity to this State." The Acts also confiscate real estates of, and restrict the right to
transfer real estate by, persons "who are inimical to the Freedom or Independence of said
States, and refuse or neglect to take the Oath of Fidelity prescribed by the State to which he
belongs."
FIRST EDITION. Bates 225. Evans 15261.
$350.00
46. Connecticut River: JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION,
HOLDEN AT WINDSOR, VERMONT, FEBRUARY 16, 1825; FOR THE PURPOSE OF
TAKING PRELIMINARY MEASURES TO EFFECT AN IMPROVED NAVIGATION ON
CONNECTICUT RIVER. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE CONVENTION. Windsor,
Vermont: W. Spooner, [1825]. 12pp, disbound and untrimmed. Widely margined, lightly
dusted. Signed on the title page, 'Hon. Wm. C. Bradley,' the Vermont Congressman.
Delegates are listed by State [primarily NH and VT, with some representation from CT
and MA] and Town, and their doings recorded. Their Memorial to Congress argues that the
Connecticut River "is an object of primary importance in a national point of view," and
solicits "the patronage of the National Government" in funding the necessary improvements.
AI 21080 [4]. Rink 4384 [4].
$250.00
47. [Connecticut Western Lands]: PETITION, TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED.
[Philadelphia: Poulson. 1802]. 8pp, caption title [as issued], bound in modern marbled
wrappers. Small blank forecorner chipping to first leaf, lightly spotted, else Very Good.
This rare Petition-- from Pennsylvania settlers on lands in Luzerne, Northumberland, and
Northampton Counties claimed by Connecticut-- reviews the history of the Western Land
Dispute between Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Examined in detail are the 1782 judicial
decree terminating the rights of the State of Connecticut [but not rights of private claimants],
the litigation brought by Connecticut claimants, and attempts of the Pennsylvania Legislature
to adjust those claims. Disliking the adjustment, the settlers here request federal intervention.
The Committee Report and the Vote on the Question, rejecting the settlers' request, are
printed here.
Bristol and Shipton call this an 1800 imprint; this is impossible from context, because the
Petition refers to events in February 1801. American Imprints says it was printed in 1802.
FIRST EDITION. AI 2874 [1]. Bristol 11109. Shipton & Mooney 49135. OCLC 55642207
[7] [as of September 2014].
$450.00
48. [Dartmouth College]: DOCUMENTS RELATIVE TO DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.
PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE LEGISLATURE. 1816. [Concord? New Hampshire
General Court?]. 1816. 39, [1 blank] pp, with two folding tables. Disbound, scattered foxing,
Good+.
The Documents chronicle the dispute between President Wheelock and the College's
Trustees, who were backed by the anti-Federalist New Hampshire legislature. The pamphlet
prints President John Wheelock's Memorial to the Senate and House of Representatives of the
General Court; the lengthy report of the Committee appointed in 1814 "to investigate the
concerns of Dartmouth College and Moor's Charity School, generally, and the acts and
proceedings of the Trustees of said Institution, and to report a statement of facts at the next
session of the Legislature." Two folding charts are included: 'Statement of College Income
and Expenditures, November, 1814'; and 'Exhibition of Salaries of Professors and Tutors,
from the Year 1785 [through 1815]'.
The dispute led to the landmark Dartmouth College Case. Amid prolonged and noisy
public clamor, the Trustees removed Wheelock after he wrote 'Sketches of the History of
Dartmouth College,' an attack on the Trustees and Wheelock's other adversaries. The
Legislature then changed Dartmouth's Charter, setting the stage for the Supreme Court's
landmark decision forbidding legislative impairment of contracts.
Sabin 18620. Not in American Imprints. OCLC 818240 [13] [as of September 2014].
$250.00
Item No. 49
Even a Northern Pacific Railroad is Better for the South
Than "No Road At All."
49. [De Bow, James]: PACIFIC RAIL-ROAD. [FROM DE BOW'S SOUTHERN REVIEW
FOR DECEMBER.] A REVIEW OF THE REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEES OF THE
SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LAST SESSION. WITH
REMARKS BY THE AUTHOR OF THE REVIEW. New Orleans: 1850. 16, [1], [1 blank]
pp. Disbound. Light foxing. Very Good.
This rare New Orleans imprint argues that Asa Whitney's proposed route for a Pacific
Railroad, although not a southern one, is preferable to "no road at all." Even a northern route
will accrue advantages to the South, whose railroads can easily link with it and create new
agricultural and commercial markets for itself. The final leaf is a testimonial to De Bow's
Review from southern Congressman and Senators.
FIRST EDITION. Not in Jumonville, Thompson, Sabin, Eberstadt, Decker, Graff, Soliday.
OCLC 21519382 [1- Stanford], 27782930 [2- Yale, Hist. New Orleans Coll'n] [as of
September 2014].
$1,000.00
Corruption, Abuses of Power, Arbitrary Arrests!
50. Democratic Party: QUESTIONS AND FACTS. [n.p. Probably 1863]. 8pp, caption title
[as issued]. A folded folio sheet [some loosening at folds], lightly foxed and worn. Good+ or
so.
An anonymous anti-Lincoln pamphlet, divided into headings: Shall we have a Draft?;
What are we Fighting For?; The President and his Administration; Arbitrary Arrests. Each
focuses on a particular area of Lincoln atrocities: insatiable demands for troops, compulsory
conscription that "completely nullifies all State laws and authority on the subject," opposition
to compromise as the road to peace, the unbearable financial burdens of the War,
incompetence, corruption, abuses of power, arbitrary arrests. The case of Congressman Edson
Olds of Ohio, an imprisoned Copperhead, is given special attention.
FIRST EDITION. Sabin 67151. Not in Monaghan, Bartlett, Nevins.
$350.00
Douglas Twists in the Wind Defending the Dred Scott Decision
51. Douglas, Stephen A.: KANSAS, UTAH, AND THE DRED SCOTT DECISION.
REMARKS OF HON. STEPHEN A. DOUGLASS [sic], DELIVERED IN THE STATE
HOUSE AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, ON 12TH OF JUNE, 1857. [np (Chicago?): 1857]..
8pp, caption title [as issued], one folded leaf untrimmed and uncut, lightly spotted with minor
wear affecting portions of several letters at bottom edge of first page and outer edge of last
page]. Good+.
This printing of Douglas's important speech on the Dred Scott decision, one of three
different imprints, is quite scarce. His chief biographer calls it one of his "major
speeches...The Grand Jury of the United States District Court, then in session, had asked
Douglas to" speak on Kansas, Utah, and Dred Scott. Douglas, "taken by surprise, spoke
extemporaneously, later writing out his comments for publication." He spoke briefly on
Kansas, then a bit more on Utah. The autocratic rule of Brigham Young, "lurid tales of
polygamy," and defiance of federal authority embarrassed Douglas, "who stood pledged to
popular sovereignty." He urged Young's removal.
But "the main thrust of Douglas' remarks was aimed at the Dred Scott decision." He
denounced Republicans who urged defiance, reminding them that they lived under a
government of laws. Douglas supported the Court: Negroes descended from slave parents
could not be citizens; the Compromise of 1820-- barring slavery north of the compromise
line-- was unconstitutional. Douglas reconciled, with "some circumlocution," the Court's
decision with popular sovereignty. [Johannsen, Stephen A. Douglas, pages 567-569]. If
slavery could not constitutionally be barred from the territories, how could a territorial
legislature exclude it? Douglas's answer kept his doctrine alive, but precipitated a fatal split
with the southern wing of his Party. Slavery required favorable local legislation to foster it;
its absence effectively precluded slavery. This resulted in a predictable call from southerners
for Congress to require territories to protect slavery. The National Democratic Party's split on
this question paved the way for Lincoln's election in 1860 and the severing of the Union.
FIRST EDITION. Byrd 2633 (1- IU). Flake 2984. Ante-Fire Imprints 250.
$600.00
Item No. 51
The “Seditious” Duane Has the Temerity to Criticize Congress
52. [Duane, William]: IN SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, MARCH 6TH, 1800.
RESOLVED, THAT THE COMMITTEE OF PRIVILEGES BE, AND THEY ARE
HEREBY DIRECTED TO CONSIDER AND REPORT WHAT MEASURES IT WILL BE
PROPER FOR THE SENATE TO ADOPT, IN RELATION TO A PUBLICATION IN THE
NEWS PAPER, PRINTED IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, ON WEDNESDAY
MORNING, THE 19TH FEBRUARY 1800, CALLED THE GENERAL ADVERTISER OR
AURORA... [Philadelphia: 1800]. [1], [1 blank] pp. Disbound, lightly foxed, else Very Good.
[offered with] REPORT, IN PART, OF THE COMMITTEE OF PRIVILEGES, ON THE
FORM OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF WILLIAM DUANE. PRINTED BY
ORDER OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. [Philadelphia: Fenno? 1800]. 4pp.
Disbound. Light soil, Very Good.
[offered with] FURTHER REPORT, IN PART, OF THE COMMITTEE OF
PRIVILEGES, ON THE FORM OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF WILLIAM
DUANE. PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. MARCH
25TH, 1800. [Philadelphia: Fenno? 1800] 4pp. Disbound. Light soil, Very Good.
William Duane was editor of the Philadelphia "Aurora," a Jeffersonian newspaper; he
became a target of the Alien and Sedition Acts. Duane had published an article concerning
secret activities occurring in Senate caucuses; some Federalist Senators were displeased. At
the heart of the controversy was Duane's support of Jefferson for President and his exposure
of the notorious Ross election bill, by which Federalists sought to thwart Jefferson's bid for
that office. In these rare the Senate Committee summons Duane to face charges of "having
published...false, scandalous, defamatory, and malicious assertions ...tending to defame the
Senate of the United States.."
"Concerning an erroneous report published in the Aurora, Philadelphia, about Charles
Pinckney's bill on disputed elections" [NAIP].
Evans 38744. NAIP w038635 [2- PPL, DLC. Not at AAS]; Evans 38814. NAIP w021828
[9]; Evans 38733. NAIP w025669 [5].
$850.00
Item No. 52
Item No. 53
53. Election of 1800: REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO WHOM WAS REFERRED
THE BILL SENT FROM THE SENATE, INTITULED, 'AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE
MODE OF DECIDING DISPUTED ELECTIONS OF PRESIDENT AND VICEPRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.' 25TH. APRIL, 1800. [Philadelphia: 1800]. 12pp,
disbound with stitching pinholes in blank inner margin. Fore-edge untrimmed. Lightly toned,
Very Good. With the signature, 'R. Griswold,' on the title page, probably the Connecticut
Federalist Congressman who gained notoriety by his fight on the House floor with his
colleague Matthew Lyon.
This scarce Report is an attempt to manage "disputes relative to the election of President
and Vice-President of the United States," a problem that would be resolved only by
constitutional amendment. The Committee recommends appointment of a Joint Committee,
with authority to examine "all the petitions, exceptions and memorials against the votes of the
electors or the persons for whom they have voted." The Bill was of particular significance
because the presidential election of 1800, which was just around the corner-- indeed, some
voting had already occurred-- ended in a deadlock between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron
Burr, requiring the House of Representatives to elect the President.
Evans 38887. NAIP w021907 [8]. Not in Cohen.
$750.00
54. Election of 1840: TROY DAILY MAIL - EXTRA. TUESDAY, DEC. 15, 1840.
ELECTORAL CANVASS OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, OF THE ELECTION HELD
IN 1840. [Troy: 1840]. Elephant folio. Broadside, 26.5" x 21". Caption title [as issued], top
margin trimmed closely but not into text. Printed in seven columns, with large chart. Light
foxing along folds. Some light creases from earlier folding. Very Good.
Texts and tables, votes for 1840 presidential electors, by County.
$250.00
Zachary Taylor “Is Perfectly Ignorant Upon Political Matters”
55. Election of 1848: CIRCULATE. ] [PUBLISHED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE
NATIONAL AND JACKSON DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE.|
GENERAL TAYLOR'S TWO FACES. 'LOOK UPON THIS PICTURE AND THEN UPON
THIS.' [Washington: 1848]. 8pp, printed in double columns, caption title [as issued].
Disbound, else Very Good.
A scarce 1848 campaign pamphlet, attacking Whig presidential candidate Zachary Taylor,
who "has no political principles, and is perfectly ignorant upon political matters." On the
burning issue of the Wilmot Proviso-- whether slavery ought to exist in the territories
acquired from Mexico-- Taylor is a hypocrite: "At the North, he is represented to be in favor
of the Wilmot Proviso." But "at the South his advocates contend that he is opposed...because
he is a southern man and a slaveholder, and therefore identified with southern interests." A
Louisiana slaveholder, Taylor surprised everyone after his election to the presidency when he
supported immediate statehood for California with its anti-slavery Constitution.
OCLC 2577064 [8]. Wise & Cronin 44 [Taylor]. Not in Sabin, Miles, Eberstadt, Decker,
LCP.
$275.00
Lincoln Defends the Use of Black Troops
56. Election of 1864: PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND GENERAL GRANT ON PEACE
AND WAR. np: For sale by all News Agents. Price, $1 per 100. [1864]. Broadside, 9 1/2" x
11 1/4". Printed in double columns. Tanned, a bit of margin dusting, light wear. Matted.
Good+ to Very Good.
The broadside prints Judge Mills's report of his interview with President Lincoln, who
strongly defends the use of black troops in the war effort. General Grant's letter to E.B.
Washbourne [sic] reports, "The Rebels have now in their ranks their last man. The little boys
and old men are guarding prisoners, guarding railroad bridges, and forming a good part of
their garrisons for entrenched positions." Bayard Taylor's poem on the Democrats'
presidential nominating convention, 'On the Chicago Surrender,' is also printed.
Bartlett 2725. Sabin 41157. Not in Monaghan.
$850.00
Item No. 56
“Bloody Vendetta” in Little Egypt
57. Erwin, Milo: THE HISTORY OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS. FROM THE
EARLIEST TIMES, DOWN TO THE PRESENT, WITH AN ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF
THE SECESSION MOVEMENT, ORDINANCES, RAIDS, ETC. ALSO, A COMPLETE
HISTORY OF ITS "BLOODY VENDETTA," INCLUDING ALL ITS RECONDITE
CAUSES, RESULTS, ETC., ETC., BY... ATTORNEY AT LAW. Marion, Illinois: 1876.
viii, 286 pp. Stitched in original printed salmon wrappers, with light chipping to the front
wrapper, wear to the spine wrapper, and early handwritten spine label. Very Good.
Williamson County is located at the southern tip of Illinois, in the area originally
populated by pro-slavery southerners and known as Little Egypt. This book covers everything
in the County's interesting history: from early settlers, to slavery, to witches. The book "is
especially important because of its account of the 'bloody vendetta' which throws a strong
light on social conditions in 'Egypt'" [Buck]. Though Howes rated it 'aa' for scarcity many
years ago, the book is apparently well represented in institutional holdings. It appears
infrequently in the market.
The "bloody vendetta" was a feud among Williamson County families in the 1860's and
1870's. It resulted in many assaults and deaths.
Howes E173aa. Buck 1143 and page 262. 115 Eberstadt 524.
$275.00
Did the Reverend Have “Criminal Connection” With Young Rhoda?
58. [Fairchild, Rev. Joy H(amlet)]: THE TRUTH REVEALED. STATEMENT &
REVIEW OF THE WHOLE CASE OF THE REVEREND JOY H. FAIRCHILD, FROM ITS
COMMENCEMENT TO ITS TERMINATION, COMPILED FROM ORIGINAL
DOCUMENTS, BY A MEMBER OF THE SUFFOLK BAR. WITH AN APPENDIX
CONTAINING ALL THE CORRESPONDENCE, AND THE TESTIMONY OF THE
PRINCIPAL WITNESSES BEFORE THE ECCLESIASTICAL COUNCIL AT EXETER,
AND THE MUNICIPAL COURT AT BOSTON. Boston: Wright's Steam Press, 1845. Tall
8vo. Original printed front pale blue wrapper, stitched, 104pp. Wrap dusted and a bit worn,
Good+ or so. 'Jos. W. Ingraham, from the Printer' in ink at top of front wrap.
A celebrated case, consuming much print and attracting "great attention." Fairchild
allegedly "did seduce and have criminal connection with a young woman by the name of
Rhoda Davidson, of Edgecomb, in Maine, while she was a domestic in his family." She had a
child, and nominated Fairchild as the father. Fairchild claimed that rival ministers had
defamed him as "an habitual libertine and adulterer." The author of this pamphlet-- with
humor, sarcasm, irony and, unfortunately for Reverend Fairchild, a solid understanding of the
facts-- demonstrates Fairchild's guilt.
FIRST EDITION. II Harv. Law Cat. 1072. AI 45-2297 [4]. Cohen 13696. Sabin 23683.
$350.00
Annexation of Texas Means the “Extension of Slave Representation”
59. [Federalist, A Washington]: PROPOSED TREATY WITH TEXAS, A GROSS
USURPATION OF POWER: THE ANNEXATION OF LOUISIANA, A PRECEDENT
AGAINST THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE TREATY WITH TEXAS.
INCONSISTENCY OF THE STRICT CONSTRUCTIONISTS, WHO FAVOUR THAT
TREATY. OPINIONS OF JEFFERSON. IF THE ENUMERATION OF SLAVES BE A
FUNDAMENTAL CONDITION WHICH CANNOT BE ABOLISHED WITHOUT
CONSENT OF ONE PARTY; WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE OTHER, IT CANNOT
BE EXTENDED TO ANOTHER NATION. Philadelphia: 1844. 8pp, disbound with some
loosening. Lightly worn, Good+.
The author-- who has signed this at the end, 'A Washington Federalist'-- argues that
Southern 'strict constructionists' are unprincipled hypocrites: like Jefferson, they called the
Bank of the United States unconstitutional because the power to create it was not explicitly
granted by the Constitution. On similar grounds they also believed purchasing Louisiana was
unconstitutional. Now, however, they call the Louisiana acquisition "a precedent justifying
the usurpation of power which is contemplated in relation to Texas. In law, does
acquiescence in one beneficial illegality justify another which is injurious?" Even if
acquisition of Louisiana, and then Florida, were a "paramount expediency," "what is there to
be gained by a union with Texas? Is it an object to have our frontier in the vicinity of the
Mexicans and Camanches?" The "consequent extension of slave representation" is reason
enough to deny admission to Texas.
FIRST EDITION. Streeter 1527A. 162 Eberstadt 856. Cohen 10857. Not in Decker, Rader,
Raines, Harv. Law Cat., Marke, LCP.
$750.00
Item No. 59
“The Most Corrupt Body of Men That Ever Floated Into Power
Upon the Scum of Political Waters”
60. Field, David Dudley: REPUBLICAN DOCUMENTS. SPEECH OF DAVID DUDLEY
FIELD, DELIVERED AT TROY. REASONS WHY NATURALIZED CITIZENS SHOULD
VOTE FOR FREMONT. [New York?: 1856]. Folio sheet, folded to 8pp. Caption title, as
issued. At head of title: "Washington. Jefferson", with illustration of the American Eagle
between the names of those two Presidents. Some dusting and spotting, an entirely
unsophisticated copy. Good+.
Field was one of the 19th century's greatest lawyers, and the principal advocate in New
York for codification of the common law, a project to which he devoted the bulk of his
career. Here he exerts his persuasive powers in behalf of the new Republican Party and its
first presidential candidate, John C. Fremont. The only important question, he says, "is the
freedom or slavery of Kansas." If Fremont is elected, "Kansas will become a free territory,
whose free people will form a free constitution, and take their place by our side as the citizens
of a free State." If Fillmore or Buchanan is elected, "Kansas will become a slave territory,
and will claim admission into the Union as a slave State."
Field denounces advocates of the Kansas-Nebraska Act for abolishing the Missouri
Compromise's 36-30 line, above which slavery was prohibited. They are "the most corrupt
body of men that ever floated into power upon the scum of political waters," and have "used
the patronage of the government to divide freemen and multiply slaves." He demonstrates
that a territory's undoubted power to prohibit slavery is based on the well-established
principle that it may exclude property deemed harmful to the polity. Kansas should be the
home of "freemen from the vineyards of Germany and Italy, the vineyard of America, and, as
the vine seems to be dying out in Europe, may yet be the vineyard of the world."
LCP 3651. Not in Dumond, Work, Blockson, Sabin.
$450.00
Item No. 60
Millard Fillmore-- an Abolitionist?
61. [Fillmore, Millard]: A STATEMENT PROVING MILLARD FILLMORE, THE
CANDIDATE OF THE WHIG PARTY FOR THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT, TO BE
AN ABOLITIONIST, BY A REVIEW OF HIS COURSE IN THE 25TH, 26TH, AND 27TH
CONGRESS: ALSO, SHOWING GEN. TAYLOR TO BE IN FAVOR OF EXTENDING
THE ORDINANCE OF 1787 OVER THE CONTINENT BEYOND THE RIO GRANDE; IN
OTHER WORDS, TO BE IN FAVOR OF THE WILMOT PROVISO. [Washington]:
Published Under Authority of the Committee, [1848]. Caption title [as issued]. Disbound,
8pp. Very Good.
A Democratic Party publication for the 1848 presidential campaign, tarring the Whig
candidates, Fillmore and Taylor, as abolitionists who would bar slavery from the western
territories acquired from Mexico. Democrats try to prove their charges by citing passages
from the Congressional Globe.
FIRST EDITION. Wise & Cronin 50 [Fillmore]. Sabin 90765.
$250.00
Item No. 62
Scarce Confederate Imprint
62. Furman, James C.: SERMON ON THE DEATH OF REV. JAMES C. CHILES,
PREACHED AT HOREB CHURCH, ABBEVILLE DISTRICT, S.C. ON SUNDAY, 29TH
OF MARCH, 1863, BY REV. FURMAN, D.D. PUBLISHED AT THE REQUEST OF THE
CHURCH. Greenville, S.C.: G.E. Elford's Press. 1863. Original printed wrappers, stitched.
24pp. Light wear, Very Good plus.
A scarce sermon, stimulated by the death of an interesting decedent. Reverend Chiles, a
South Carolina minister, became ill "in Virginia, while he was waiting upon his older son,
who had been severely wounded in the second battle of Manassas. He died in the suburbs of
Warrenton, Va." Furman, a Baptist minister and president of Furman University, orates on
the fine qualities of Chiles's character.
FIRST EDITION. Parrish & Willingham 8699 [6]. OCLC 27699371 [8] [as of October
2014]. Not in Turnbull.
$750.00
Item No. 63
Gallatin’s Landmark Work on American Finances
63. Gallatin, Albert: A SKETCH OF THE FINANCES OF THE UNITED STATES. New
York: William A. Davis, 1796. [5], 10-205, [1] pp, plus all four folding tables [two of them
not included in the count]. Bound in later quarter morocco and marbled boards [gum label
remnants on spine, institution's bookplate on front pastedown]. Very Good.
The book is by one of America's Renaissance Men. "In intellect he was the peer of any of
his contemporaries-- as constructive as Hamilton, as astute as Jefferson, as logical as Adams,
as comprehensive as Webster. And in that innate nobility of character which meets malice
with charity and 'fears a stain as a wound' he was without a superior" [DAB].
As a Jeffersonian Republican Gallatin opposed Hamilton's plan to increase the national
debt by assuming the debts of the States, and supported an orderly program to retire the
federal debt. He served as Secretary of the Treasury from 1801 to 1813.
Evans 30469. Howes G29. Kress B.3130.
$1,500.00
64. Garrett, John W.: PROCEEDINGS OF RAILWAY MEETINGS HELD IN
RELATION TO THE BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD AND ITS EXTENSIONS,
BRANCHES AND CONNECTIONS, PITTSBURG, UNIONTOWN, CHICAGO,
LOUISVILLE, AND ELSEWHERE, AND THE REMARKS OF JOHN W. GARRETT,
PRESIDENT, AT THOSE POINTS. [Baltimore?] 1870. 31, [1 blank] pp. Large folding 'Map
of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and its Connections,' as far west as Omaha and Topeka.
Original printed wrappers [light spotting, couple of wrapper chips at bottom edge], stitched.
Very Good.
President Garrett celebrates the impending completion of the "grand natural line from the
head of the Ohio to the head of the Chesapeake," the "completion of the road from Pittsburg
to Cumberland," and emphasizes the "importance of direct railway connections" between
Baltimore and Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati. The map, lithographed by A. Horn & Company
of Baltimore, shows the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and its connections from Massachusetts
to Savannah, Georgia, and as far west as Sioux City, Iowa. The pamphlet is not uncommon in
institutional libraries, but rarely offered in the trade.
Not in Sabin, Modelski, Phillips Maps of America, Eberstadt, Decker.
$375.00
65. General Association of the State of Connecticut: A NARRATIVE OF THE
MISSIONS TO THE NEW SETTLEMENTS ACCORDING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF
THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT: TOGETHER
WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE MONEY
CONTRIBUTED BY THE PEOPLE OF CONNECTICUT, IN MAY, 1793, FOR THE
SUPPORT OF THE MISSIONARIES, ACCORDING TO AN ACT OF THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE. New Haven: T. & S. Green, 1794. [2], 16, [1], [1 blank] [as
issued]. Stitched, tanned, first two leaves stained. Untrimmed, several closed tears [no loss] at
inner margin of title page. Light signature of "Revd. Wm. Noyes" at head of title. Good+.
[offered with] A CONTINUATION OF THE NARRATIVE OF THE MISSIONS TO THE
NEW SETTLEMENTS, ACCORDING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF THE GENERAL
ASSOCIATION... New Haven: T. & S. Green. 1797. 15, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, lightly
spotted. 'The Reverend Mr. Upham' signed in ink at head of title. Good+.
The Association's activities, among the early pioneering western missionary efforts,
concentrated on "settlements on Mohawk river," as well as north and south of it; "settlements
north of Albany," including "Lansingburg, Sarratoga-Springs, New-Galloway, Palmer and
fort Edward"; also "as far westward as Tioga-point, about two hundred miles from the
Catskill", and to "the confluence of the rivers Chemung and Susquehannah." Missionary
reports on northern New Hampshire and Vermont are also included. Contributions and
expenditures are listed.
Howes N15. Evans 26803, 31968. Trumbull 1137, 1140. NAIP w028649, w013189.
$750.00
66. Georgia: ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA,
PASSED AT MILLEDGEVILLE, AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOV. AND DEC. 1826.
Milledgeville: Camak & Ragland, 1826. 248pp, lacking the original endpapers. Modern cloth,
spine title with gilt-lettered red morocco label. Institutional bookplate on front pastedown,
gilt-lettered library name stamped at base of spine. Light rubberstamp on blank portion of
title page and first text leaf. Else Very Good.
Various statutes treat schools, banking, roads and water transportation, courts, divorce,
elections, lotteries, severely restrict the activities of debarking Negro sailors, and other
matters. Resolutions discuss murders by Seminole Indians near the Florida border, seek
readjustment of the Treaty with the Cherokees, review border negotiations with Alabama, a
penitentiary revolt, and other interesting matters.
DeRenne 398.
$175.00
67. Georgia: ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA,
PASSED AT MILLEDGEVILLE, AT AN ANNUAL SESSION, IN NOVEMBER AND
DECEMBER, 1827. Milledgeville: Camak & Ragland, 1827. 296pp, library rubberstamp in
blank portion of title page, else Very Good.
[bound with] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA,
PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND
DECEMBER, 1828. Milledgeville: Camak & Ragland. 1829. 271, [1 blank] pp. Light wear,
scattered light foxing. Very Good. Bound together in modern buckram, with title stamped on
spine.
Various statutes and resolutions severely restrict activities of free Negroes and debarking
Negro sailors. The 1827 statutes also contain, according to Gilcrease-Hargrett, "an important
report [pp. 236-50] on Cherokee lands." Resolutions anticipate the Nullification Controversy
by protesting federal tariffs, which benefit the industrial North and disadvantage the
agricultural South.
De Renne 403, 412. Gilcrease-Hargrett 20.
$350.00
Rare Periodical by the German Patriotic Aid Society
68. [German Patriotic Aid Society] : PHILADELPHIA FAIR-ZEITUNG.
HERAUSGEGEBEN VON DEM DEUTSCH-PATRIOTISCHEN H‹LFS-VEREIN, ZUM
BESTEN DER VERWUNDETEN UND DER WITWEN UND WAISEN GEFALLENER
DEUTSCHER SOLDATEN. NO. 1, DECEMBER 7, 1870 THROUGH NO. 13, JANUARY
2, 1871 [complete]. Philadelphia : Deutsch-Patriotischen Hulfs-Verein [German Patriotic Aid
Society]. 1870-1871. Folio, 10.5" x 15". Thirteen issues, each of them [4] pp, plus a two-page
Supplement, Many illustrations. Caption titles [as issued], each page printed in four columns.
Printed in black ink with exception of a red cross on the title page of each number. Bound in
scuffed half morocco and marbled boards [hinges splitting, boards beginning to loosen from
textblock]. Endpaper and first leaf of first Number loose but present, textblock a bit shaken
with a few issues threatening to come loose. Light toning, light scattered foxing. Very Good.
This rare, short-lived periodical was published by the German Patriotic Aid Society to aid
widows and orphans of German soldiers who were killed in the Franco-Prussian War. The
Society sent money, physicians, and supplies. We offer a complete run, including all regular
issues and the final supplement ["Nachtrag Zu Den isten Empfangener Geschenke"]. The
editors of the paper were Oswald Seidensticker, Mark Richard Muckle, and F. Tiedemann,
three prominent Philadelphia men.
OCLC 47697338 [1- NYPL] [as of October 2014]. Not in Lomazow.
$750.00
Item No. 68
69. Gormully and Jeffery Mfg. Co.: RAMBLER BICYCLES. [Chicago]: Gormully and
Jeffery Mfg. Co., [1893]. Original printed wrappers, elaborately embossed; overprinted in
slate to create white lettering and pictorial decoration, lettered and decorated in gilt, all by the
G.A. & E. Co., of Holyoke, Massachusetts. 52pp, profusely illustrated. Addendum tipped in;
small promotional brochure broadsheet laid in. Fine. In a modern folding case, in blue cloth.
A top-of-the-line catalogue of this first-class brand of bicycles, accessory equipment, and
appropriate bicycle-riding attire [shoes, caps, leggins, breeches, coats]. Each bicycle [several
Men's Ramblers, Ladies' Ramblers, Combination Rambler, Boys' Ramblers, Girls' Ramblers]
is depicted in a full-page plate and lengthy accompanying text, with elaborate decorations by
H.S. Hubbell of Chicago. "We have made nothing but bicycles and allied sundries. Our
factory is not an auxiliary growth from some other industry; our equipments are as complete
as the age will furnish; our methods modernized to all rational demands; and hence our
handiwork must always compare most flatteringly with, and in many instances, excel, that of
any maker of bicycles in the world."
Winterthur 1820. OCLC 770380276 [2- Winterthur, Henry Ford] [as of September 2014].
$450.00
Item No. 69
Item No. 70
70. [Hague, James D.]: NEW YORK, MAY 20TH, 1885. TO THE PRESIDENT AND
TRUSTEES OF THE SANTA EULALIA MINING COMPANY, NEW YORK.
GENTLEMEN:-... New York: 1885. Contemporary typed copy of Report on the Santa
Eulalia mines in Chihuahua, Mexico. Legal-size paper, 36pp, with contemporary handwritten
margin notes concerning the mines. Bound at the top with metal clasps. With a chipped
wrapper, on which 'Report of the Santa Eulalia Mining Company' is typed. Rubberstamp of
'Edith V. Day, Copyist, 2 Wall St. Room 64.' Very Good.
"James D. Hague (1836-1909) was a mining engineer who graduated from the Lawrence
Scientific School of Harvard in 1855 and did graduate work in Gottingen and Freiberg,
Germany. In 1859 he explored the coral islands of the South Seas in search of phosphate
deposits. He was associated with Edwin J. Hulbert in the discovery and early development of
the Calumet and Hecla copper mines in Michigan, and in 1867 he was made first assistant to
Clarence King on the United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel. He later
became a consulting mining engineer in San Francisco and developed many mining
enterprises..." [Huntington Library, James D. Hague Papers].
This typed Report describes in great detail "the extent and nature of the ore-bearing
deposits," "the character and quality of the ores and of the present resources of the property,"
and "the probability or possibility of developing out of the Company's available resources a
profitable mining business." The products of the mines are primarily quartz and silver. Hague
urges a cautious approach to extractions, because costs may substantially diminish the value
to be realized from the ores.
$375.00
71. [Hall, J. Prescott]: SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. CHARLES A.
WOOLSEY, ADS. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ARGUMENT FOR THE
DEFENDANT. [np: 1839-1840?]. 18pp, disbound, caption title, clean text. Very Good.
Woolsey, "master of the steam boat Providence," was prosecuted for violating an 1838
federal statute "to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels
propelled in whole or in part by steam." Woolsey had tried to make it from Providence to
New York during a gale, and was deemed to have exercised bad judgment. The United States
claimed authority to enact the statute by virtue of the Constitution's Commerce Clause. Hall
argued that the power to regulate commerce did not permit Congress to intrude in areas
regulated by the States under their inherent powers to protect the health and safety of their
citizens. "State inspection laws, health laws and laws for regulating the internal commerce of
a state, are not within the powers granted to Congress."
The issues raised important questions about the intersection of State and Federal authority
but, as the Washington National Intelligencer reported, Chief Justice Taney dismissed the
case for want of jurisdiction. ["Supreme Court of the United States, Tuesday, March 3,
1840," Washington National Intelligencer, March 5, 1840, Page 3.] After serving as master of
the Providence, Woolsey became Superintendent of the Jersey City Ferry from 1845 until his
death.
Not located in Harv. Law Cat., Marke, Marvin, Sabin, American Imprints, Cohen, NUC, or
on OCLC as of October 2014.
$275.00
Item No. 72
One of the Earliest Chicago Imprints
72. Hallam, Isaac W.: A SERMON, DELIVERED AT ST. JAMES' CHURCH,
CHICAGO, SUNDAY, FEB. 24, 1839. BY THE REV. ISAAC W. HALLAM, RECTOR.
Chicago: Printed at the office of the Chicago American, Corner of Lake and South waterStreets., 1839. 8pp, folded but spine loosened. Some dusting, untrimmed, generously
margined with some blank margin tears. Good+.
McMurtrie originally called this rare Sermon "the first work of a literary character printed
in Chicago." His later edition renders it probably the second such work. "St. James was the
first Episcopal church in Chicago. The church building was opened for worship on Easter
Sunday, 1837. Hallam came to Chicago in 1834 as a missionary of the Domestic Board of
Missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He was the first rector of St. James Parish and
served for a short time as rector of Trinity Parish when it was organized in 1841-42. He
resigned and returned east in 1843" [Byrd]. Page [3] prints a letter from, among others, John
Kinzie and Isaac Arnold, requesting "a copy for publication."
Byrd 452. McMurtrie 23. OCLC 16076311 [2- Lincoln Library, Newberry] [as of September
2014]. Not in American Imprints, Sabin.
$1,000.00
Item No. 73
Item No. 73
73. Harper's Weekly: HARPER'S WEEKLY A JOURNAL OF CIVILIZATION.
VOLUME VIII. FOR THE YEAR 1864. New York: 1864. Large folio volume, bound in
original quarter morocco [spinehead a bit chipped, moderately worn], hinges tight. A
generally clean text [light margin spotting, light spotting to later leaves, spotted endpapers],
occasional minor wear. Engravings and illustrations in fine shape. iv, 848pp. Very Good.
A thorough and well-illustrated documentation of the War during 1864, reporting all the
action in detail and with remarkable illustrations. The presidential campaign is also covered.
There are numerous reports and stories on Sherman, Grant, and the other leaders, battles, and
tactics that inexorably tightened the noose around the Confederacy. "The most popular
periodical of its day and valuable for a study of any aspect of the war; the illustrations are
unsurpassed" [Nevins].
FIRST EDITION. II Nevins 15.
$1,500.00
Item No. 74
Everyone Loves These Songs, Except “the Sour and Crabbed Locofocos”
74. [Harrison, William Henry]: THE HARRISON AND LOG CABIN SONG BOOK.
Columbus: Published by I.N. Whiting [Printed at the Straight-Out Harrison and Tyler Office],
1840. 3-1/2" x 5-1/2". Original printed card boards [some rubbing], the front board illustrated
with a log cabin and American flag; the rear cover advertising 'The Life of General Harrison,'
with illustration of the Screaming Eagle and the Campaign song, 'Go it Harrison,/ Come it
Tyler,/ And we'll burst/ Van Buren's biler.' Front pastedown with bookplate of George
Putnam Upton and Newberry Library label [properly deaccessioned], light blindstamp on
front free endpaper, light rubberstamp number on verso of title page. 105, [3- Index] pp. One
leaf bound out of order, text a bit shaken. Good+.
"In these times of feeling and patriotic action, the merry Harrisonian Log Cabin Songs
have rushed through the country. Every body is singing them, and every body but the sour
and crabbed Locofocos, is delighted with their simplicity and spirit. It is to meet the wants of
the Harrison boys-- to furnish them all with a plentiful supply of these patriotic and pithy
songs, that this little work is compiled." Songs [no music] include 'Tippecanoe Song,' 'Log
Cabin and Hard Cider Candidate,' 'New National Whig Song,' 'Van Buren's Lament,'
'Tippecanoe and Jackets of Blue,' etc.
Thomson 516. AI 40-2977 [5]. Sabin 30580. Not in Cronin & Wise [Harrison], Eberstadt,
Miles.
$1,000.00
75. Home Guard of Ward XI: HOME GUARD OF WARD XI. COMPANY A. BYLAWS. Boston: 1861. 12mo, original printed stiff wrappers (foxed), stitched. 8 clean pages.
Very Good.
The by-laws were adopted in May, 1861, a month after the firing on Fort Sumter, "in view
of the present condition of public affairs, and believing that a thorough military organization
of the people capable of bearing arms is the best national and home defence." Officers are "to
be elected by the members of the company." A 2+ page list of members and their addresses is
included.
Not in Nevins, NUC, or on OCLC [as of September 2014].
$250.00
76. [Hoosac Tunnel]: HISTORY OF THE HOOSAC TUNNEL. COPYRIGHTED BY E.S.
MARTIN, 1878. Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, 1878. 4-3/4" x 5-3/4", in original
printed, illustrated yellow paper over boards. Two folding maps. [24] pp. Text block detached
from binding, small owner's label, else Very Good.
The tunnel was constructed in Northwestern Massachusetts through the Hoosac Mountain.
A controversial venture, it was 4-3/4 miles long when finally completed, the longest railroad
tunnel in the United States until it was surpassed in 1916. This 1878 printing appears to be
the first; OCLC lists about 15 institutional locations.
$175.00
77. Huff, W.A.: W. A. HUFF TO HON. JNO. B. GORDON & OTHERS ON THE
GEORGIA MARSHALSHIP. [Washington: 1877]. Caption title, as issued, 13pp, stitched.
Light edge and spine wear. Very Good.
A disappointed candidate for the office of Marshal, William Arnold Huff pleads his case
to General (now United States Senator) Gordon, and rebuts the charge that his ties to
prominent Republicans disqualify him. He is a true Democrat but, in the spirit of Southern
magnanimity, ready to work with anyone who promotes the interests of the New South.
Gordon was one of the most influential politicians in post-War Georgia. Huff (1832-1916)
was born in Walden District, Bibb County, Georgia. He was elected Mayor of Macon in 1870
and served for eight years.
FIRST EDITION. OCLC 15231420 [3- Huntington, two in Georgia] [as of September 2014].
Not in De Renne.
$175.00
78. Illinois Central Rail-Road Company: COLLECTION OF NINE DOCUMENTS
RELATING TO THE ORGANIZATION AND EARLY YEARS OF THE ILLINOIS
CENTRAL RAIL-ROAD COMPANY. 1851-1927. Bound in blue cardboard covers with
cloth spine. Front joint cracked with title page of first document attached to the front board.
Bookplate of the Engineering Societies Library of New York. Many of the items have
penciled pagination in top corners, as if they had been bound in various albums, disbound,
and then put together in this one. Pagination is not continuous. Occasional rubberstamps of
the United Engineering Society, as noted in individual descriptions below. Overall, Good+ to
Very Good. A list of the included material:
a. DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ILLINOIS
CENTRAL RAIL-ROAD COMPANY. New York: Geo. S. Roe. 1851. [3], [1 blank], 146pp,
1 folding leaf [construction bond]. Printed on blue paper [some tanning of edges]. Lacking
the map.
"Practically a history of the first year of this road." Howes. Eberstadt called this "the
foundation volume on Mid-Western railroadiana." The Documents include the Act granting
the right of way; land grants in Illinois, Mississippi, and Alabama for the route construction
from Chicago to Mobile; the Act to Incorporate the Road; the letter of Robert Schuyler [the
Road's President] accepting the terms of the Act of Incorporation; the Deed and Trust Deed,
the Notice to the Directors instructing them on their duties, methods of financing [including
construction bonds], an account of the donated lands, President Schuyler's letter to the
Directors, the Mortgage, and-- with separate title page-- Robert Rantoul's letter to President
Schuyler.
Howes I8aa. BRE 214. 114 Eberstadt 391 [1855 3d ed.]. OCLC 15067756.
b. DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ILLINOIS
CENTRAL RAIL-ROAD COMPANY. (SECOND EDITION.) New York: Geo. S. Roe.
1852. 148pp, 1 folding leaf [construction bond]. Complete. Light dustsoiling of outer leaves,
lightly tanned. A few short splits along folds of bond, small tear to top margin [minimal loss
of decorative border].
c. Rantoul, Robert, Jr.: LETTER TO ROBERT SCHUYLER, ESQ., PRESIDENT OF THE
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD, ON THE VALUE OF THE PUBLIC LANDS OF
ILLINOIS. Boston: Damrell & Moore. 1851. 40pp. Light dustsoiling of outer leaves, lightly
tanned.
"Treats of the accessibility of the state to emigrants, the productivity of the soil, rapid
increase of population, sale of land, and prospects of future developments" Buck Reviewing
land values in other States, anticipated railroad and other transportation improvements,
expected population growth and natural resources, Rantoul's data-laden analysis "proves that
the lands granted by Congress to build the Illinois Central exceed in value the cost of the
road" Eberstadt
FIRST EDITION Buck 477. Sabin 67904. 131 Eberstadt 357 [London printing]. Not in BRE,
Decker, Soliday. OCLC 8705682.
d. THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAIL-ROAD COMPANY OFFER FOR SALE OVER
2,400,000 ACRES SELECTED PRAIRIE, FARM AND WOOD LANDS, IN TRACTS OF
ANY SIZE, TO SUIT PURCHASERS, ON LONG CREDITS, AND AT LOW RATES OF
INTEREST, SITUATED ON EACH SIDE OF THEIR RAIL-ROAD, EXTENDING ALL
THE WAY FROM THE EXTREME NORTH TO THE SOUTH OF THE STATE OF
ILLINOIS. New-York: John W. Amerman, Printer. 1855. 32pp, 2 plates making up one map.
Lightly tanned. Light chipping at top margin of map [no loss].
This is the second issue noted by Sabin, the first having been published in Salem
(presumably Illinois) during the previous year; with subsequent issues in 1856 and 1857
offering somewhat different acreage for sale. Byrd records an 1855 Chicago imprint offering
2,500,000 acres, and notes that it was "Also printed in New York with '2,500,000' in title
change to '2,400,000.' New York edition has map tipped in..." which apparently does not
appear in the Chicago edition. Buck says the "pamphlets deal with such topics as the value of
Illinois lands for farming purposes; advantages of settling in Illinois; cost of moving to
Chicago; prices of products; fuel and fencing."
Sabin 34317. Byrd 2302. Buck 559. 138 Eberstadt 311 (ref.).
e. [Galton, Douglas; Oyens, Henry J. de Marez]: REPORT OF THE DELEGATES
SELECTED BY THE JOINT COMMITTEE APPOINTED AT A MEETING OF BRITISH
SHAREHOLDERS OF THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, HELD IN
LONDON, ON THE 26TH JANUARY, 1877, AND BY THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICE
FOR AMERICAN RAILROAD SECURITIES IN AMSTERDAM. [New York? 1877.]
32pp, 1 folding map. Lightly tanned. Map torn into a few pieces [all pieces present] with a
few small chips [minor loss].
OCLC 15067859 [7] [as of July 2014].
f. Osborn, W.H.: PRINTED LETTER DATED NEW YORK, JANUARY 7, 1882, TO
W.K. ACKERMAN, ESQ., PRESIDENT OF THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD
COMPANY, CHICAGO, ILL. 3, [1 blank] pp. Split along folds [no loss].
g. Grenville, Mellen Dodge, General: "The Story of the Illinois Central Lines during the
Civil Conflict 1861-5." ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1914. VOL. 2, NO.
7. Pages [13]-26; and continued to FEBRUARY, 1914. Vol. 2, No. 8. Pages [11]-22,
photographic illustrations throughout. First page loose but present with some chipping to
blank edge [no text loss]. OCLC 471933311.
h. IOWA AND THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL. AN ARTICLE REPRODUCED FROM THE
NOVEMBER, 1927, ISSUE OF THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL MAGAZINE AND
DISTRIBUTED BY THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL SYSTEM, L.A. DOWNS, PRESIDENT.
15, [1 blank] pp, photographic illustrations. Light age toning, a few institutional rubberstamps
in blank margins of text. OCLC 13708502.
i. Markham, C.H.: THE DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGY AND TRAFFIC OF THE
ILLINOIS CENTRAL SYSTEM. 1926. 18pp, photographic illustrations. Original printed
wrappers. Lightly age toned, institutional rubberstamp on title page. OCLC 25178216.
$950.00
A Rare Chicago Railroad Promotional
79. Illinois Central Railroad: FARM LANDS FOR SALE. THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL
RAILROAD COMPANY IS NOW PREPARED TO SELL OVER TWO MILLIONS OF
ACRES OF PRAIRIE FARM LANDS, IN TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES OR UPWARD,
ON LONG CREDITS AND AT LOW RATES OF INTEREST! THEY WERE GRANTED
BY THE GOVERNMENT, TO ENCOURAGE THE BUILDING OF THIS RAILROAD,
WHICH RUNS FROM THE EXTREME NORTH TO THE EXTREME SOUTH OF THE
STATE OF ILLINOIS... Chicago: Democratic Press, [1855]. Broadsheet, 17" x 11." Text on
recto and half of verso. Folded for mailing, with postmark from Chicago dated 'FEB 20', and
addressed to J. Greely in Cumberland Maine. Some foxing, Good+.
"Originally the broadside was sent out in folded form" [Byrd]. A detailed, rare
promotional broadsheet describing lands, terms of sale and payment, ready-framed farm
dwellings, statistics of agricultural productivity, and other attractive features of the offered
lands. The verso letter, printed in typescript, is signed, 'Charles M. Dupuy, R., Land Agent'
and dated January 10, 1855 at Chicago.
Byrd 2299 [2- DLC, ICHi]. OCLC locates two, under two accession numbers, as of
September 2014 [Univ. Ill. at Chicago, Lake Forest] Not in Ante-Fire Imprints, Sabin, Graff,
Eberstadt, Decker.
$750.00
Item No. 79
Cool Bunch of Badges and Ribbons
80. Industrial Union Badges: GROUP OF 32 BADGES AND RIBBONS FROM
VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL UNIONS, INCLUDING IRON MOLDERS, TEXTILE
WORKERS, STEELWORKERS, MACHINISTS, BOOT AND SHOE WORKERS. 18921960s. Various sizes, many up to 9" long. Several colors and materials, many with gilt
lettering, gilt fringe and enamel buttons or pins [most enamel decorated in color]. Several
ribbons have a matching "In Memoriam" black ribbon attached to the back for wear while
attending funerals. Light wear and age toning. Some have small manufacturer tags attached:
Whitehead & Hoag, Newark, NJ; H.E. Smith Co., Indianapolis. Ind.; Baltimore Badge and
Novelty Company, Baltimore, MD and Geo. E. Benz & Co., St. Louis, MO. Overall, Very
Good.
Highlights of this visually pleasing lot include: convention badge of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel Workers from the tenth annual convention, August 1885; early
badge from the Lasters Protective Union of America, Dover, New Hampshire branch
[probably from 1890-1895: the LPUA was organized in 1890 and merged in 1895 with two
other unions to form the Boot and Shoe Workers' Union]; Labor day ribbon from the Mule
Spinners Association of Dover, NH [@1890s]; early ribbon from the Glendon Rolling Mill in
Pittsburgh, PA; ribbon from the Amalgamated Lace Operatives of America, founded in 1892;
ribbon from the convention of the Grand Division Order of Railroad Telegraphers held May
8, 1911 in Toronto, Ontario; and more. This lot also includes a gold-toned money clip of the
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, Golden Jubilee Convention. The ILGWU
was formed in 1900; the Golden Jubilee took place in New York in 1950. A complete list of
all items upon request.
$850.00
Item No. 80
Item No. 80
81. Ingersoll, Ralph Isaacs: AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM CONNECTICUT
CONGRESSMAN INGERSOLL, TO RICHARD SMITH, CASHIER OF THE BANK OF
THE UNITED STATES AT WASHINGTON, MAY 25, 1830, EXPLAINING THAT A
TEN DOLLAR OVERDRAFT WAS THE RESULT OF BANK ERROR. [1] page, twenty
lines of manuscript. Reinforced and spotted at inner edge, else Very Good.
Born in New Haven, Ingersoll attended Yale and practiced law in New Haven. He became
Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives and then was elected to Congress in
1824 as a Democrat. He served thus until 1833, generally supporting Jacksonian measures.
Here he exonerates himself from blame for the overdraft, and explains the bank's error.
President Polk appointed Ingersoll Minister to Russia in 1846. In the final act of his political
career he became Mayor of New Haven in 1851, and then returned to private practice.
$100.00
Item No. 82
Franklin “Must Have Had a Hand In It”
82. [Jackson, Robert? Franklin, Benjamin?]: AN HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE
CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, FROM ITS ORIGIN; SO
FAR AS REGARDS THE SEVERAL POINTS OF CONTROVERSY, WHICH HAVE,
FROM TIME TO TIME, ARISEN BETWEEN THE SEVERAL GOVERNORS OF THAT
PROVINCE, AND THEIR SEVERAL ASSEMBLIES. FOUNDED ON AUTHENTIC
DOCUMENTS. London: R. Griffiths, 1759. Original calf [lightly rubbed], rebacked in period
style, with gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. viii, [18], 444 pp, with pages 441-444 bound
out of order. Lightly foxed, upper blank margin of title leaf repaired without any text loss,
Very Good.
The book is often attributed to Benjamin Franklin, "who must have had a hand in it"
[Howes], but he firmly disclaimed the honor. Paul Ford nevertheless nominated Franklin, "for
he was at that time the only person in London who had the knowledge and material for such a
book; he was the only person interested in the writing of it, and was indeed virtually sent to
London for just such work; and he was the person who paid the cost of publication, and
distributed the copies." In any event, modern scholarship gives the credit to Franklin's
London co-agent, Jackson.
The book is a detailed source for the controversies on quit rents, paper money, the Penn
family and its privileges, conflicts between colonial governors and popular assemblies, Indian
relations, and the French and Indian War.
FIRST EDITION. Howes P204. Ford, Franklin 253. Stevens, Rare Americana 363. Bartlett,
John Carter Brown Catalog 1217.
$1,000.00
Item No. 83
83. [Johnson, Andrew]: THE GREAT IMPEACHMENT AND TRIAL OF ANDREW
JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. WITH THE WHOLE OF THE
PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND IN
THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. TOGETHER WITH THE ELEVEN
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT, AND THE WHOLE OF THE PROCEEDINGS IN THE
COURT OF IMPEACHMENT, WITH THE VERBATIM EVIDENCE OF ALL THE
WITNESSES...WITH THE DECISIONS OF CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE, AND THE
VERDICT OF THE COURT. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers, [1868]. Original
printed salmon front wrapper [bit of edge wear], illustrated with a portrait of Johnson.
Stitched, untrimmed, partly uncut. [9]- 290, [6 publ. advts.] pp, as issued. Full-page portraits
of the major participants in the proceedings. Each text page printed in two columns. "Price 50
Cents." About Very Good.
A thorough record of these proceedings, with a detailed Table of Contents, and an
introductory overview and summary, including an explanation of the Founders' views on
impeachment. This work was clearly intended for distribution to ordinary readers rather than
lawyers, other upper-class people, or politicians.
Marke 1016.
$450.00
84. Johnson, Andrew: THE JOHNSON PARTY. FROM THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY,
SEPTEMBER, 1866. [Philadelphia: 1866]. 8pp, original printed wrappers (chipped).
Stitched, wrapper title. Very Good.
A devastating critique of Johnson's Reconstruction policies. This is its first separate
publication. Johnson "has so singular a combination of defects for the office...that he could
have obtained the opportunity to misrule the nation only by a visitation of Providence."
Attacking his intention to restore the Rebel States unconditionally, this pamphlet observes,
"Thus the abhorrer of traitors has now become their tool. Thus the denouncer of Copperheads
has now sunk into dependence on their support."
OCLC records a number of institutional locations.
$175.00
Important Kansas Laws!
85. Kansas: GENERAL LAWS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSSEMBLY OF
THE TERRITORY OF KANSAS, AT THE GENERAL AND SPECIAL SESSIONS OF
THE YEAR 1860: THE FIRST SESSION BEGUN AT THE CITY OF LECOMPTON,
JAN'Y 2, AND ADJOURNED AT THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, JAN'Y 18; THE SECOND
SESSION CONTINUED AT LECOMPTON JAN'Y 19, ADJOURNED TO AND
CONCLUDED AT LAWRENCE. Lecompton, K.T.: S.A. Medary & S.W. Driggs, Printers,
"Democrat" Office, 1860. 264pp. Early and late leaves moderately foxed, disbound. Good+,
with detailed Index and ownership signature in several margins of S. Tennent.
This copy was probably owned by Sidney Tennent, a Kansas lawyer in the town of Troy.
"Lincoln stopped in Troy Nov. 30 through Dec. 7, 1859, according to a 'Lincoln in Kansas'
brochure available at the courthouse. He visited the home of Sidney Tennent, an attorney and
friend of John Calhoun, who was a close friend of Lincoln's. Tennent's home was built in
1856 by Troy's first blacksmith and postmaster, Nelson Rodgers. The house, at the corner of
Liberty and East Walnut streets, has since been restored by the Doniphan County Historical
Society" [Topeka Capital-Journal, cjonline.com, 'Walking tour highlights Troy's history'].
This was a significant year for the residents of Kansas. The Legislature passed "An Act to
Prevent and Punish Armed Invasions from or into this Territory," designed to deter the proslavery Missouri Border Ruffians from causing trouble. A Memorial to Congress sought help
in defeating those "marauding parties, that robbed and plundered the settlers." Another Act
"forever prohibited" slavery. Governor Medary vetoed it, but it became law when the
Legislature, by a two-thirds majority, overrode him. The Territory also sought admission to
the Union under the Wyandott Constitution, which outlawed slavery.
AII [KS] 252.
$500.00
86. [Kentucky Manuscript Slave Deed, Signed and Witnessed]: KNOW ALL MEN BY
THESE PRESENTS THAT I ROBT. PERRY OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY HAVE
THIS DAY BARGAINED SOLD AND DELIVERED TO S. MINOT OF THE
MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY TWO NEGRO MEN SLAVES ONE NAMED DICK OF 30
YEARS, AND THE OTHER NAMED SPENCER OF 23 YEARS OLD FOR THE SUM OF
NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE & TWO THIRDS OF DOLLAR IN HAND PAID
THE RECEIPT OF WHICH I DO HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE - AND SO WARRANT
AND DEFEND THE SAID TWO NEGROE SLAVES AGST. ALL CLAIMS ... THIS 23
DAY FEBY 1801. WITNESS PRESENT JOB ROUTH| ROBERT PERCY. [On verso:
ROBT. PERRY BILL OF SALE FOR NEGRO SPENCER, NEGRO DICK, 23 FEBY 1801].
7.5" x 9.5". Completely in manuscript, docketed on verso. Some margin tatters [one top
margin tear touches upon a few letters of the docketing. Toned, some spotting. Good+.
Robert Perry was a resident of Franklin County, Kentucky. Job Routh resided in Natchez
at the time of this deed. Natchez court records show him as an active trader in slaves, land
and horses from the early 1790s to early 1800s. [McBee, May Wilson: THE NATCHEZ
COURT RECORDS, 1757-1805, ABSTRACTS OF EARLY RECORDS. Baltimore: 1979.]
$450.00
Item No. 87
Odd-Fellows Exposed!
87. Kirk, John: KIRK'S EXPOSITION OF ODD-FELLOWSHIP, INCLUDING THE
SECRET SIGNS, GRIPS, PASSWORDS AND CHARGES OF THE FIVE DEGREES, AS
PRACTISED BY THE ORDER IN THE UNITED STATES. BY JOHN KIRK, AN
EXPELLED MEMBER OF THE MANHATTAN LODGE, NO. 36. ILLUSTRATED WITH
THIRTY-SIX ENGRAVINGS. New York: Published by the Author. 1857. 54, [10 advts.] pp,
many illustrations. Original printed wraps [light wear, spine ends chipped]. Front wrapper
illustration of blindfolded Initiate, his hat falling from his head, riding a goat. Clean text,
Very Good.
A satire on secret rituals of this Society, with initiation rites and ceremonies for the
various Degrees. Amusingly illustrated. The advertisements are for Stearns & Co.'s books
and prints.
FIRST EDITION. OCLC 15127578 [9] [as of October 2014]. Not in Sabin, Eberstadt,
Decker.
$450.00
Pierce, Buchanan, and Their “Political Friends”
Have Brought the Nation to the Precipice!
88. Kirkwood, Samuel J.: INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF SAMUEL J. KIRKWOOD,
DELIVERED TO THE EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA. Des
Moines, Iowa: John Teesdale, State Printer. 1860. 15, [1 blank] pp. Stitched. Trimmed a bit
unevenly, bit of minor spotting, Very Good.
An interesting Republican analysis of the state of the Union as it approached the precipice.
Governor Kirkwood traces the "agitation, heartburning, jealousy, and ill-will" that now
threaten the Union to "Mr. Pierce and his political friends," whose Kansas-Nebraska Act
reopened the wounds closed by the Compromise of 1850. Kansas "thus was cast into the
arena as a prize to be struggled for by an aroused and excited people." That Act, augmented
by President Buchanan's corrupt support of the Lecompton Constitution, is responsible for the
crimes of John Brown and others who "have ceased to respect the rights of those whom they
looked upon as their oppressors," and who have become "maddened by the recollection of
wrongs inflicted upon them in Kansas because of their love of freedom."
Kirkwood identifies "the presence of free colored persons in a slaveholding community"
as the chief impediment to emancipation "by many who would otherwise gladly set free their
slaves." The "prejudice, if you will, of the people of the Free States, especially of the
northwestern States, against allowing any large influx of these unfortunates among them, is
well known." The solution: emancipation followed by colonization in South or Central
America.
OCLC 28311850 [4] [as of October 2014].
$350.00
Rare Kentucky Atlas
89. Lake, D.J. & Co.: AN ATLAS OF BOONE, KENTON AND CAMPBELL
COUNTIES, KENTUCKY. FROM ACTUAL SURVEYS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
B.N. GRIFFING. PUBLISHED BY D.J. LAKE & CO. Philadelphia: Printed by F. Bourquin.
Engraved by Wm. Beacher, 1883. Rare folio atlas in original publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered
title stamped on front cover. Hinges loosening, spine and extremities worn. 68, [12] pp, with
over 40 hand-colored maps (many double-page) plus numerous smaller views. Collated
complete. Occasional minor extremity wear. Maps in quite nice condition. Very Good.
"Historical sketches of the three counties. Plans and maps of towns, villages, and precincts
with lists of farmers and business directories" [Coleman]. Boone County, named for Daniel
Boone, is across the Ohio River from Cincinnati. It was formed from adjacent Campbell
County in 1798. Kenton County was also formerly in Campbell County. Best-known towns
are Newport-- once known as 'Sin City' for its illegal production of alcohol and home of a
thriving organized crime industry-- and Covington. Le Gear's copy lacked pages 17-20,
which are present in our offering.
Coleman 72. Le Gear 1479. OCLC 83858660 [1- Clements] [as of October 2014]. $1,250.00
Item No. 89
With the Rare “Map of Minnesota Territory 1853”
90. Le Duc, W.G.: THE MINNESOTA YEAR BOOK FOR 1853. St. Paul: Published
Annually by Le Duc & Rohrer, Booksellers and Stationers, [1853]. 12mo, folding map
frontis: 'Map of Minnesota Territory 1853.' Original printed wrappers, stitched. 37, [17 advt.]
pp. Persistent, generally light staining at lower forecorner. Light to moderate wear. Good+,
with the map in Very Good shape. The running title is 'Minnesota Year Book, and Travelers'
Guide.'
The first annual printing was in 1851. This pamphlet, unlike its predecessors, includes a
rare folding map. It also has an almanac-style calendar, lists of 'Members and Acts of the
Third Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Minnesota;' and describes Minnesota's
geology, soil, climate, rivers, lakes, minerals, red pipe stone, agricultural products, fish,
lumber, procedures for making land claims, "How to Spend a Day Profitably in SightSeeing," "How to Get to Minnesota." Clergy, schools, steam-boat arrivals are also listed.
The advertisements recommend, not only St. Paul merchants and business establishments,
but St. Louis ones as well. "The Merchants of St. Louis, whose advertisements will be found
in the following pages, respectfully call the attention of the merchants of the Upper
Mississippi" to the greatness of St. Louis as a commercial center. Several of the
advertisements are for Le Duc and his partner, their book store and fishing equipment being
prominently displayed; and for Le Duc himself, attorney and counsellor at law.
FIRST EDITION. Howes L179aa. Graff 2437. 138 Eberstadt 450. AII [MN] 63. Jenkins Full
Howes 1501. OCLC 41475941 [1- Newberry] [as of October 2014].
$850.00
Item No. 90
The "Most Remarkable Anti-Slavery Body Yet Assembled in the United States”
91. Liberty Party: THE ADDRESS OF THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN LIBERTY
CONVENTION HELD AT CINCINNATI, JUNE 11 & 12, 1845, TO THE PEOPLE OF
THE UNITED STATES. WITH NOTES BY A CITIZEN OF PENNSYLVANIA.
[Philadelphia? 1845]. 15, [1]pp. Caption title, as issued. Printed in double columns, bound in
modern wrappers. Rubberstamping on first page, mostly in the margins. Good+.
Salmon P. Chase presided at this "most remarkable Anti-Slavery body yet assembled in
the United States. The call embraced all those who were resolved to act against Slavery... It
was not therefore exclusively a Convention of the Liberty Party." Delegates from the
Northeast to the Old Northwest were present. Relying on the sentiments of the Founders
expressed in the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson's Notes on Virginia, the Northwest
Ordinance, and other contemporary writings, the Address insists that the Nation was founded
on the premise that Slavery was evil. Nevertheless, Slavery has taken hold of both major
parties, the Whigs and Democrats. The Liberty Party is the answer for anti-slavery men. This
was probably the Liberty Party's era of greatest success, having received sufficient votes to
deny the presidency in 1844 to Henry Clay. It later metamorphosed into the Free Soil Party
and, finally, the Republicans. The last page invites further "orders for this Address" to be sent
to William Harned, 22 Spruce Street, New York. This is one of several 1845 printings of the
Convention address; Sabin provides information on all of them.
Dumond 104. AI 45-6082 [1]. Sabin 88294. LCP 2220 [Cinc.].
$275.00
Item No. 92
92. [Lincoln, Abraham]: NATIONAL LINCOLN MONUMENT ASSOCIATION,
INCORPORATED BY ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 30TH, 1867. Washington: Printed at
the Great Republic Office, 1867. Original printed glossy wrappers, portrait of Lincoln on the
front wrapper [upper margin contains manuscript note, 'War Department Disbursing Branch'.
Stitched. 12 printed pages, plus four lined pages, one page of which contains the names of
seventeen persons in ink manuscript, with the financial contribution of each. Near Fine.
James Harlan, President of the Association and Republican U.S. Senator from Iowa, gives
the Address, printed here. The Association's Managers, listed here, include such Republican
stalwarts as Richard Yates, the great Civil War Governor of Illinois; Schuyler Colfax of
Indiana, Speaker of the House who would become Ulysses Grant's Vice President; Samuel
Shellabarger of Ohio, principal author of the Ku Klux Act of 1871; and Frederick Douglass.
Articles of Incorporation, Minutes of Meetings of Incorporators and Managers, Resolutions
are printed.
Several of the seventeen persons who signed on the lined page include William James
Mullen, Philadelphia prison reformer credited with obtaining release of over 50,000
unnecessarily detained prisoners during his lifetime, and founder of the Philadelphia Society
for the Employment and Instruction of the Poor; and a number of Temporary Clerks of the
Adjutant General's Office: Jno. Keogh, born in Ireland; Charles C. Meade; F. Collins Smith;
Thomas Wilson, born in Scotland; Henry Morris; William C. Doores, Philadelphia Trade
Union Chairman, clerk at the Provost Marshal General's Bureau in the 1860s.
Monaghan 887.
$500.00
Lincoln Was There!
93. [Lincoln, Abraham]: PROCEEDINGS OF THE HARBOR AND RIVER
CONVENTION, HELD AT CHICAGO, JULY FIFTH, 1847: TOGETHER WITH FULL
LIST OF NAMES OF DELEGATES IN ATTENDANCE: LETTERS READ AT THE
CONVENTION, AND A DETAILED APPENDIX. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE
CONVENTION. Chicago: Printed by R.L. Wilson, Daily Journal Office, 1847. 79, [1 blank]
pp. Bound in later half morocco [some rubbing] with gilt-stamped spine title. A couple of
leaves with chipped blank margins; one leaf trimmed closely at the outer margin, affecting
portions of only a few letters. Else Very Good. With the bookplate on the front pastedown of
Joseph T. Ryerson, a prominent Chicago merchant who founded a Company bearing his
name that became "one of the leading American processors and wholesalers of steel
products" [Encyclopedia of Chicago].
A rare, desirable Chicago imprint, recording the occasion that Lincoln "first appeared in a
nationally circulated newspaper" [David Donald, LINCOLN page 151]. "The Harbor and
River Convention of 1847 was the first great gathering to put Chicago on the map as the
rallying point for the whole northwest. It was occasioned by President Polk's veto of the
River and Harbor Bill in August, 1846, a bill which included an appropriation for the
development of Chicago's harbor. The Convention met in protest against the President's
summary death-blow to Chicago's hope of growth" [McMurtrie].
Lincoln is listed as a Delegate on page 17. Page 39 states that, on July 6, "Mr. Lincoln of
Illinois, being called upon addressed the Convention briefly." Lincoln and the other
delegates, whose names are listed and who included the era's most prominent advocates of
federal financing of infrastructure, contested the Jackson-Polk argument that the Constitution
forbade federal funding of internal improvements. Letters from absent supporters like Henry
Clay buttressed their arguments. "As the sole Whig congressman-elect from Illinois, Lincoln
attracted some attention, and his name first appeared in a nationally circulated newspaper
when Horace Greeley in the New York Tribune mentioned that this 'tall specimen of an
Illinoisan...spoke briefly and happily' to the convention" [Donald].
FIRST EDITION. Howes C371aa. McMurtrie [Chicago] 118. Streeter Sale 490. Byrd 1193.
Graff 1776.
$3,000.00
Item No. 93
Lincoln’s Great Cooper Union Speech
94. Lincoln, Abraham: THE REPUBLICAN PARTY VINDICATED- THE DEMANDS
OF THE SOUTH EXPLAINED. SPEECH OF HON. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, OF
ILLINOIS, AT THE COOPER INSTITUTE, NEW YORK CITY, FEBRUARY 27, 1860.
[Washington: Republican Executive Congressional Committee, 1860]. 8pp, caption title [as
issued]. Disbound. Tanned, small abrasion to last leaf costing a few letters. Good+,
Lincoln's great Cooper Union speech argues that the Framers and early Congresses
contemplated a narrow role for slavery. Examining the constitutional and early Congressional
debates, he demonstrates that contemporary statesmen viewed slavery "as an evil, not to be
extended, but to be tolerated and protected only because of and so far as its actual presence
among us makes that toleration and protection a necessity." Lincoln's argument received wide
press coverage; it catapulted him into presidential contention, for its great contribution placed
the new Republican Party at the center of American constitutional and legal thought rather
than an unacceptable extreme. He thus made it easy for moderate Northern Democrats and
Whigs to vote Republican in 1860. This edition was issued by the Republicans especially for
the 1860 Presidential campaign.
Monaghan 55. Sabin 41160. LCP 5944.
$450.00
Item No. 94
Lincoln the Despot!
95. [Lincoln, Abraham]: TRIAL OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN BY THE GREAT
STATESMEN OF THE REPUBLIC. A COUNCIL OF THE PAST ON THE TYRANNY OF
THE PRESENT. THE SPIRIT OF THE CONSTITUTION ON THE BENCH- ABRAHAM
LINCOLN, PRISONER AT THE BAR, HIS OWN COUNSEL. New York: Office of the
Metropolitan Record, 1863. Original printed wrappers, stitched. 29, [3] pp. Margin dusting to
the front wrapper, Very Good.
"A mock trial wherein Lincoln was charged with treasonable intent, purposes and designs
and of having committed, among other unconstitutional acts, the following: 'Declared War
against Sovereign States under pretence of repossessing himself of certain forts and other
property; arresting citizens without process of law; suppressed liberty of speech; stopped
publication of certain newspapers; placed the military power above the civil power;
overthrown State Sovereignty; forced unconstitutional acts through Congress...' At the
conclusion of the trial, the Court addressed the 'Criminal' as follows: 'You have been tried
and found wanting. You have been given the opportunity of saving a nation, but you have
stabbed it to the heart. You have converted your country into a despotism'" [Eberstadt].
"Quotations from Lincoln and others, selected to discredit his administration"
[Monaghan].
FIRST EDITION. 111 Eberstadt 332. Monaghan 252. Sabin 41234. LCP 10399.
$750.00
Item No. 95
A Starry-Eyed Defense of Utopian Politics and “the Idea of Human Perfection”
96. [Loco-Focos]: LOCO-FOCOISM DISPLAYED, OR GOVERNMENT FOR THE
PEOPLE. IN A DIALOGUE BETWEEN A WHIG AND A LOCO-FOCO. IN WHICH THE
LEGITIMATE OBJECTS AND POWERS OF GOVERNMENT ARE CONSIDERED AND
DEFINED, THE REASONS OF THE INEFFICIENCY OF THE CHURCH, FOR THE
SUPPRESSION OF IMMORALITY, AND ITS AGENCY IN THE INCREASE OF CRIME,
EXPOSED, THE DESTRUCTIVE CHARACTER OF PARTIAL LEGISLATION
EXHIBITED, AND ITS VIOLATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIANITY
PROVEN. New York: Piercy & Reed, Printers. No. 9 Spruce-Street, 1844. 39, [1 blank] pp.
Stitched in original printed brown wrappers ['Number 1.' printed at top of front wrap].
Pinholes in blank inner margins, Very Good. Pencil signature on verso of title page, 'Gilman
Converse Harrisburg PA.'
A rare survival of Democratic reformers' efforts to gain political ascendancy during the
1840's, emphasizing the utopian basis of radical Jacksonian [or 'Loco-Foco'] thought. The
anonymous author defends "the idea of human perfection...It cannot be that we are incapable
of attaining to it. It is the doctrine of Christianity, and it must be within our reach."
The Whig-Loco Foco dialogue explains that Loco-Foco doctrine is based on natural rights
and the "natural liberty of mankind," embracing limited government, opposing laws-- such as
mandatory Sabbath observance, prohibitions on adultery-- regulating matters of conscience.
Religious institutions have collaborated with governing elites to "protect capital at the
expense of labor," and to protect propertied classes which exploit decent citizens.
OCLC 36255633 [2- NYHS, Rutgers] [as of October 2014]. Not in Sabin, Eberstadt, Decker,
American Imprints.
$450.00
“Hordes and Hetacombs of Beings in Human Form”
97. Louisiana: ADDRESS OF THE LOUISIANA NATIVE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION,
TO THE CITIZENS OF LOUISIANA AND THE INHABITANTS OF THE UNITED
STATES. New Orleans: D. Felt & Co, 1839. 20pp. Original plain wraps [several tears, tape
repair to back wrap], stitched. Scattered spotting. Good+.
An unusual Know-Nothing Address from the ethnic hodge-podge of Louisiana. The Irish
and German infiltration of the country-- "swarms of foreign locusts"-- is especially
condemned. The Association's "purpose was the repeal of the naturalization laws that
permitted 'hordes and hetacombs of beings in human form- the outcast and offal of societythe vagrant and the convict to be transported in myriads to our shores.'" Eberstadt.
FIRST EDITION. Jumonville 1068. 111 Eberstadt 335. Sabin 42185. AI 56905 [5].
$250.00
A Major Report on the Black Hills
98. Ludlow, William: REPORT OF A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE BLACK HILLS OF
DAKOTA, MADE IN THE SUMMER OF 1874, BY WILLIAM LUDLOW, CAPTAIN OF
ENGINEERS, BVT LIEUT. COLONEL, U.S. ARMY, CHIEF ENGINEER DEPARTMENT
OF DAKOTA. BEING APPENDIX PP OF THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF
ENGINEERS FOR 1875. Washington: 1875. Original printed wrappers, stitched. 124pp, plus
four unpaginated pages between pages 96 and 97 [drawings of fossils and explanation of
plates]; text illustrations; three large folding maps: 'Map of a Reconnaissance to the Black
Hills'; 'Map of the Black Hills'; 'Geological Map of the Black Hills' [colored]. Near Fine.
Ludlow served as Chief Engineer of Dakota from 1872-1876. "During this period he made
valuable surveys of the Yellowstone National Park [1873 and 1875], and of the Black Hills
country [1874]. His prophecy [report of Mar. 1, 1876] that the National Park would some day
be thronged with visitors from all parts of the world has approached fulfilment" [DAB]. This
expedition was placed under the command of Lieut. Col. G. A. Custer, and provided more
information on the region than the hitherto "vague and sometimes highly-colored reports
from Indians and stray frontiersmen," as the Report summarizes. The expedition was the first
to explore and report scientifically on the Black Hills.
Howes L558. II Soliday 916 [collating only two maps]. Not in Graff, Decker, or Eberstadt.
$600.00
Item No. 98
Horace Mann’s “Godless System of Schools”
99. [Mann, Horace]: THE COMMON SCHOOL CONTROVERSY; CONSISTING OF
THREE LETTERS OF THE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, OF THE
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, IN REPLY TO CHARGES PREFERED AGAINST THE
BOARD, BY THE EDITOR OF THE CHRISTIAN WITNESS AND BY EDWARD A.
NEWTON, ESQ. OF PITTSFIELD, ONCE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD; TO WHICH
ARE ADDED EXTRACTS FROM THE DAILY PRESS, IN REGARD TO THE
CONTROVERSY. Boston: J.N. Bradley & Co., 1844. 55, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, else Very
Good.
The Board and its Secretary, Horace Mann, were subject to "violent attack" by ministers
who insisted on religious indoctrination in the public schools. Mann "had scarcely entered
upon his progressive educational program when one church after another began to charge him
and the board of education with being responsible for creating a godless system of schools.
With these charges came the demand that sectarian instruction, which had been excluded
from the schools by an act of 1827, should be restored. Mann met these sectarian attacks with
vigor, courage, and a final victory of great importance, not only to the schools of
Massachusetts, but to the nation at large" [DAB]. This pamphlet prints the arguments,
including Mann's spirited responses to the charges.
FIRST EDITION. AI 44-1613 [5]. Sabin 44318.
$350.00
Maryland’s “Victims of Military Lawlessness and Arbitrary Power”
100. Maryland: REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FEDERAL RELATIONS UPON
THE MESSAGES OF THE GOVERNOR, IN REGARD TO THE ARBITRARY
PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES AUTHORITIES AND THE GOVERNOR'S
CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. [DOCUMENT H.]
BY THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. JUNE 11, 1861. Frederick [Md.]: 1861. 8pp. Disbound
and somewhat loosened, else Very Good.
The Committee was headed by S. Teackle Wallis, who would soon have the opportunity
to reflect upon his Copperhead sympathies as a prisoner at Fort McHenry. Deploring the
Governor's cooperation with Lincoln's call for troops, the Committee condemns his use of
federal authority to order arrests and suspend the writ of habeas corpus.
Particular outrage is expressed at the arrest of a member of the legislature, and the
Merryman arrest-- later the subject of a renowned habeas corpus proceeding. "Mr. Merryman
still lies a prisoner at Fort McHenry, the victim of military lawlessness and arbitrary power-the great remedial writ of habeas corpus, and all the guaranties of freedom which it embodies,
having been stricken down, at one blow, for his oppression."
Sabin 45329. Not in Eberstadt, Monaghan, Decker, LCP.
$350.00
Lucky Winners of the New Bedford Draft Lottery
101. Massachusetts: THE DRAFT IN NEW BEDFORD. [New Bedford?: 1863].
Broadside, 6" x 15". Printed in double columns. Light tanning and mild spotting. A bit of
wear at the top blank edge, Very Good.
"At 9 o'clock Thursday morning, July 23d, about 300 persons had assembled in Pierian
Hall, mostly in joking mood, if judgment might be taken from the smiling faces upturned to
the platform... The names were drawn by George S. Eddy, of Fall river, and announced by
deputy Marshal Howland, Charles P. Seabury turning the wheel." This broadside contains
information for New Bedford Sub-Districts Nos. 15, 16, 17, and 18. Under each district
heading is given the names enrolled and the number to be drawn, followed by the names of
those drawn. Occasional comments follow the lists of names: "the name of William A. Read,
above, was received with tremendous cheering...a perceptible smile was noticed on Deputy
Howland's countenance before the name was announced."
After the final list are a few paragraphs about several of the more noteworthy citizens
among the draftees. returned members [no names given] of the 5th Mass. battery and the 18th
regiment whose names were also drawn. Some persons mentioned are Rev. W.J. Potter,
pastor of the Unitarian Church; Andrew G. Pierce, clerk of the Wamsutta Mills, New Bedford
and Taunton Railroad, and Vineyard Steamboat corporations; William M. Ingraham, late
Lieutenant in the 18th regiment.
Not located on OCLC [as of October 2014], or in NUC, Bartlett, Sabin, LCP.
$750.00
Item No. 101
102. McCarty, Wm. M.: POWER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE
TERRITORIES. [Shelbyville, Ind.: 1860]. 3pp, one folded leaf, caption title. Light fox, Very
Good.
A rare pamphlet arguing that Congress has no power to legislate regarding slavery in the
territories. Only the people of the territory may do so, says this follower of Stephen A.
Douglas and his doctrine of Popular Sovereignty.
349 NUC 0019805 (1- Library of Congress). OCLC 30495279 [2- Duke, Indiana State U.]
[as of October 2014]. Not in Sabin, LCP, Marke, Decker, Harv. Law Cat., Eberstadt, Cohen.
$250.00
Item No. 103
Early Run of New-Haven Gazette’s Volume I
103. Meigs, Josiah: THE NEW-HAVEN GAZETTE, AND THE CONNECTICUT
MAGAZINE. FEBRUARY 23, 1786 - FEBRUARY 1, 1787. New Haven: Meigs & Dana,
1786- 1787. Volume 1, Nos. 2 through 51, lacking Nos. 1 [pages 1-8] and 11 [pages 81-88].
Quarto. Also lacking are pages 239-242 [a gathering of No. 31], 357-358 [a leaf from No.
46]. Paginated as follows: [9]-80, [89]-238, 243- 356, 359-396. Each issue 8pp, except Nos.
23 and 44 have 4pp [as issued?]. Bound in modern stiff paper wrappers. paginated
continuously, printed in three columns per page. Scattered spotting, light wear. Good+.
These early issues of the Gazette have extensive political and historical content, as well as
occasional poems, humorous matter, nautical information, and gossip. Portions of 'The
Anarchiad', by Barlow, Trumbull, and other Connecticut Wits, are printed [No. 47], their first
appearance. Accounts of Indian hostilities abound. A story from Poughkeepsie tells of twin
sisters, age 16, kidnapped, tortured, and burned alive by Canasadago Indians. The
insurrection in the West Indies is reviewed, with the observation that "they only want a chief,
sufficiently courageous, to lead them on to vengeance and slaughter."
Also printed are announcements of the formation and meetings of organizations, such as
the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, the Connecticut Society of the
Cincinnati, and others; election results; doings of the Congress; essays on economics,
coinage, and paper money, some multi-issue; Beccaria's 'Essay on Crimes and Punishments';
'Observations on the Present Situation and Future Prospects of this and the United States' by
'Lycurgus', with 'The History of White Negroes'; and Paine's Dissertations on Government.
Evans 19831. Lomazow 18a. Mott 31, 788.
$1,500.00
“Seating of Colored Clergymen is Dangerous in the Extreme”
104. [Memminger, C.G.]: STATEMENT OF THE CAUSES THAT LED TO THE
WITHDRAWAL OF THE DEPUTIES FROM THE LATE DIOCESAN CONVENTION OF
SOUTH CAROLINA. Charleston: 1887. 59, [1 blank] pp. Original printed wrappers [some
spotting and wear, bit of spine erosion], stitched. Light dampstaining in top margin of several
leaves. Crease through corner of first few leaves, else Very Good.
An important pamphlet on the post-Civil War struggle over integration of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the South. St. Mark's Church (Colored) sought admission to the
Diocesan Convention in 1875; a bitter dispute erupted, was tabled, and then revived in 1880,
"by the application of Thaddaeus Saltus, a colored person, for admission to the order of
Deacon."
The Convention of 1887 declared itself ready to conduct business, with a colored
clergyman seated at the Convention. Memminger, a South Carolinian who before the War
had been a secessionist and pro-slavery man, argues that "the seating of colored clergymen in
our Conventions is not only unconstitutional but in itself dangerous in the extreme." With his
allies, he withdrew in protest. OCLC records a number of institutional locations.
Not in Turnbull.
$350.00
“All the Buildings Were Entirely Consumed”
105. Michigan: MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
TRANSMITTING A REPORT FROM THE GOVERNOR, AND PRESIDING JUDGE OF
THE TERRITORY OF MICHIGAN, RELATIVE TO THE STATE OF THAT
TERRITORY. DECEMBER 23D, 1805. City of Washington: A. & G. Way, 1805. 16pp,
light rubberstamp number in blank margin of page [3], light tanning, else Fine. Bound in
modern cloth [bookplate on front pastedown] with title stamped in gilt on spine.
Territorial Governor Hull and Presiding Judge Woodward jointly advise President
Jefferson that Detroit, "the seat of the government," is the "scene of the deepest public and
private calamity. By the conflagration of Detroit, which took place on the morning of the
11th of June, all the buildings of that place, both public and private, were entirely consumed."
People camped all over the public areas, and squatted as well on British territory. Public
order had vanished.
Hull and Woodward coped as best they could, attempting to sort out land titles, to lay out
a new town, and to sell public lands, all subject to the approval of the national government.
They describe their labors, and explain the derivation of land titles from the first settlements
under Louis XIV. They recommend that the United States engage the issues with "a liberal
and merciful disposition" in order to confirm titles in the settlers, despite their possible
occupation of government lands; and to settle boundaries expeditiously.
FIRST EDITION. AI 9574 [2- DLC, NN]. Streeter, Michigan 6681.
$750.00
Item No. 106
106. Michigan: REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, TO WHOM WAS REFERRED THE MESSAGE FROM THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, OF DECEMBER 23, 1805, TRANSMITTING A
REPORT FROM THE GOVERNOR, AND PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE TERRITORY OF
MICHIGAN, RELATIVE TO THE STATE OF THAT TERRITORY. City of Washington:
A. & G. Way, 1806. 56pp, light rubberstamp number in blank margin of page [3], else Fine.
Bound in modern cloth [bookplate on front pastedown] with title stamped in gilt on spine.
"The report contains three letters from Judge Woodward to the Secretary of the Treasury,
written in January and March, 1805, which analyze and classify the land titles of the territory.
This is a fundamental piece for Michigan and Detroit" [Streeter Sale]. Territorial Governor
Hull and Presiding Judge Woodward had reported to President Jefferson, who referred their
report to Congress, that Detroit, "the seat of the government," had been consumed by fire
and left in chaos. People camped and squatted in public areas and on British territory. Public
order had vanished. Hull and Woodward attempted to sort out land titles, lay out a new town,
and sell public lands, all subject to the approval of the national government.
The Congressional committee, echoing the recommendation presented by Woodward and
Hull, urges Congress to embrace "a liberal policy to the people of the said territory" by
confirming land claims expeditiously. The Territory is "an out-post far removed from the
immediate protection of the United States." Practical considerations thus compel this policy
"as a sure means of binding them to us by the ties of interest, and of friendship, thereby to
encrease the physical force of the country so as to oppose a formidable barrier to
encroachments in that quarter."
FIRST EDITION. Streeter Sale 1386. AI 11717 [3]. Streeter, Michigan 6658.
$850.00
Item No. 107
“Every Thing Connected With the State of South Carolina”
107. Mills, Robert: STATISTICS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING A VIEW OF
ITS NATURAL, CIVIL, AND MILITARY HISTORY, GENERAL AND PARTICULAR.
BY ROBERT MILLS, OF SOUTH CAROLINA, P.A. ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT.
Charleston, S.C.: Hurlbut and Lloyd. [D. Borrenstein, printer, Princeton, N.J.], 1826. [1-half
title], [1 blank], x, [17]-782, 47 [appendix], [1-errata] pp [as issued]. Folding table. The map,
which Howes notes is "not in all copies," is absent. Bound in original quarter cloth over blue
paper-covered boards [a bit shaken, gutter cloth worn, spine chipped], original paper spine
label [chipped]. Foxed and browned. Good+.
"A history of every thing connected with the State of South Carolina, of general or local
interest." Sabin. Predicting that "a glorious destiny awaits South Carolina," Mills writes on its
first settlements, population and growth, wealth, political organization, establishment of
independence, government, natural resources, military operations, agriculture, banking, the
penal code, the major cities. Material is included on the resident Indians.
Howes M627aa. II Turnbull 156. Felcone Collection 872. Sabin 49118. Pilling 2589.
$750.00
108. Mississippi Slave Dispute: ALLEN W. ONEAL V. JOHN CADE, FRANKLIN
CIRCUIT COURT, MISSISSIPPI, OCTOBER TERM, 1832: "ALLEN W. ONEAL BY HIS
ATTORNEY COMPLAINS OF JOHN CADE... THE SAID PLAINTIFF AT THE SPECIAL
INSTANCE AND REQUEST OF THE SAID DEFENDANT WOULD WITH NINE
NEGROES (TO THE BENEFIT OF WHOSE LABOUR THE SAID PLAINTIFF WAS
ENTITLED) PICK OUT COTTON FOR THE SAID DEFENDANT." DEFENDANT
FAILED TO PAY PLAINTIFF, ALTHOUGH "HE DID WITH NINE NEGROES PICK
OUT COTTON FOR THE SAID DEFENDANT FOR THE SPAN OF TWO WEEKS AND
THAT HIS WORK AND LABOUR IN PICKING OUT SAID COTTON WAS
REASONABLY WORTH THE SUM OF SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARS, WHEREBY THE
SAID DEFENDANT BECAME INDEBTED TO THE SAID PLAINTIFF..." [Franklin
County, MS: 1832]. Folio, 7.75" x 12.25". [4] pp, folded, entirely in manuscript. The writing
on either side of the first leaf is visible from the other side, but everything is legible. Oneal's
Complaint appears on the first two pages and on five lines of page three, where it is signed by
his lawyer. A nine-line summary of the case, in different handwriting, is also on page [3].
Page [4] contains defendant's scribbled answer, by his attorney R.W. Webber; an accounting
of the costs incurred in the case; a notation of defendant's verdict; attorneys' signatures; and
docketing information. Age toned, old folds, several small holes along top fold [loss of a few
words]. Signatures of attorneys appear on final page on panel with defendant's answer. Good
or so.
John Cade [1788-1839] lived in Franklin County. The parties they were probably local
farmers. Richard W. Webber [c.1798-1843], Cade's lawyer, was born in Virginia and settled
in Franklin County. A Whig and State representative, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress in
1830. He was for a time the editor of the Jackson Independent Journal. [JOURNAL OF
MISSISSIPPI HISTORY, Vol. 7, Page148; and Volume 21[-22], Page 34.]
$350.00
109. Mitchell, William H.: A FAREWELL DISCOURSE, DELIVERED IN THE FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, WETUMPKA, ALA., ON THE 28TH DAY OF JULY, 1850.
Tuscumbia [AL]: Printed by William Rollston, "North Alabamian" Office, 1850. 21, [3
blank] pp. Original printed yellow wrappers [light dust and edgewear, a few small chips to
back wrap], stitched. Accession number stamped in blank margin of title page. Errata slip
tipped in after the title page. Light vertical crease through center of text, Very Good.
Tuscumbia, birthplace of Helen Keller, is located in the foothills of the Appalachians in
Northern Alabama, west of Huntsville and just South of Florence. Imprints from this little
town are unusual; OCLC, which does not record this one, locates only a few Tuscumbia
imprints, and fewer before 1850.
Owen 1062. Not in Ellison, Sabin, or on OCLC as of October 2014.
$375.00
Item No. 110
Monroe is “But of Moderate Capacity and
Slow of Comprehension”
110. [Monroe, James]: EXPOSITION OF MOTIVES FOR OPPOSING THE
NOMINATION OF MR. MONROE FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES. Washington: Jonathan Elliot, 1816. 14, [2 blanks] pp. Disbound,
untrimmed and generously margined [top margin of last leaf shaved closely, affecting the
page number but not text]. Light dust and wear, Good+ or better.
An attack on Virginia for its "encroachment on the fair claims of the other sections of the
Union." The Virginians have "artfully wielded" their "monopolizing spirit" to "cut off" the
bids of other legitimate presidential candidates. Their "perseverance and bitterness of
proscription" is especially apparent in their embrace of Aaron Burr's allies, who oppose the
Clintons, the only realistic threat to the Virginians' dynastic yearnings. Moreover, James
Monroe is a particularly weak candidate to foist upon the people. "His best friends allow him
to be but of moderate capacity, and slow of comprehension. A man of this cast will always
keep talent at a distance, and surround himself by compliant mediocrity, and a hypocritical
dullness."
FIRST EDITION. Haynes 5833. Swem 1673. AI 37551 [4].
$850.00
111. Mosby, [John] and John Tyler, Jr.: LETTERS OF COL. MOSBY AND JOHN
TYLER, JR. [Washington or New York]: 1876. 8pp, caption title [as issued]. Untrimmed,
uncut, generously margined, each page printed in two columns. Minor foxing, Near Fine.
Colonel Mosby writes to a "former Confederate comrade," who had hoped Mosby would
support the Democrats in the upcoming 1876 elections. Mosby gently rebukes him: "I
thought you knew that I ceased to be a Confederate soldier about eleven years ago, and
became a citizen of the United States." He supports Rutherford Hayes, the Republican, in his
1876 presidential contest against the Democrat Samuel Tilden. To continue a sectional
conflict with the North, he says, is "reckless and unwise," the "bane" of Southern politics.`
Similarly, the son of President John Tyler makes "an eloquent and irresistible plea for the
election of Hayes and Wheeler." Tyler is less forgiving than is Mosby-- he cannot "cease to
remember that Samuel J. Tilden in 1861 proved himself treacherous to the South, and as
unworthy of Southern confidence in an issue still more vital to the South than any that yet
had engaged the public councils."
Not in Haynes or Swem. OCLC 26330375 [10] [as of September 2014].
$250.00
Item No. 112
A Licentious Press Slanders the Society of the Cincinnati
112. [Moylan, Stephen?]: OBSERVATIONS ON A LATE PAMPHLET, ENTITULED,
"CONSIDERATIONS UPON THE SOCIETY OR ORDER OF THE CINCINNATI,"
CLEARLY EVINCING THE INNOCENCE AND PROPRIETY OF THAT
HONOURABLE AND RESPECTABLE INSTITUTION. IN ANSWER TO VAGUE
CONJECTURES, FALSE INSINUATIONS, AND ILL-FOUNDED OBJECTIONS. BY AN
OBSCURE INDIVIDUAL. Philadelphia: Robert Bell, 1783. 28 + 4 advertisement pages.
Disbound, else Very Good plus.
The author, one of the Society's founders, calls a free press "the PILLAR that supports the
whole fabric of freedom." But, he observes, "The fairest blossom is the reptile's food," and a
licentious press has gorged itself on a slander of the noble Society. That slander was a
pamphlet published anonymously by Aedanus Burke earlier in 1783, attacking the Society.
The Plan for Establishing the Society or Order of the Cincinnati, created in the year of this
publication, is reproduced here; and the author defends the Society with skill and wit.
FIRST EDITION. Howes O9. Evans 18073. Hildeburn 4330.
$850.00
Item No. 113
113. [Murray, James and Benjamin Towne]: SERMONS TO MINISTERS OF STATE.
BY THE AUTHOR OF, SERMONS TO ASSES. DEDICATED TO LORD NORTH,
PRIME MINISTER OF ENGLAND, FOR THE USE OF THE RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL,
AND PHILOSOPHICAL RATIONALISTS, IN EUROPE, AND AMERICA. Philadelphia:
Robert Bell, 1783. 79, [1] pp. Disbound, light scattered foxing. Very Good.
Murray's "political principles were democratic in sentiment," Sabin 51507, and he loses no
opportunity to attack Lord North humorously but viciously-- "a little uncourtly," is the way
Murray puts it. His dedication, written from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in 1781, advises Lord
North that "Your Name and Transactions will stand recorded in History, with a peculiar
Emphasis."
John Jenkins wrote [II Early American Imprints 339], "Murray was strongly opposed to
the war against America. This first American edition is of especial interest as it contains at
the end an excellent satirical piece, 'The Humble Confession, Declaration, Recantation, and
Apology of Benjamin Towne, Printer in Philadelphia,' which attacks a printer who
temporarily sided with the Tories. It is said to have been written by John Witherspoon,
member of the Continental Congress."
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Evans 18039. Gephart 14077.
$875.00
114. National Democratic State Central Committee of Illinois: ADDRESS OF THE
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF ILLINOIS.
[Springfield? 1860]. 8pp, caption title [as issued], printed in double columns. Inner margins
badly worn, with old tape repairs, overlapping [but not obscuring] text on the last page. Light
spotting, Good+.
Bibliographers have expressed some uncertainty about the date of publication-- 1858 to
1860. Clearly, however, the pamphlet issued in 1860: reference is made to the Democrats'
scheduled 1860 Charleston national convention.
The Address seeks to destroy the presidential hopes of Stephen A. Douglas, who had
become a renegade. For opposing the Buchanan Administration's Kansas policy, which
propped up a pro-slavery government despite a rigged election that flouted Douglas's
cherished Popular Sovereignty, regular Democrats set out to punish him. Douglas was
stripped of his Chair of the Senate Committee on Territories. In his home State of Illinois, the
National Democratic State Central Committee paints him here as a traitor and apostate.
FIRST EDITION. Sabin 34197. Not in Eberstadt, Decker, LCP. OCLC records 15
institutional locations as of October 2014.
$350.00
Item No. 115
115. National Lincoln Monument Association: NATIONAL LINCOLN MONUMENT.
SPRINGFIELD, 1869. ILLINOIS. THIS CERTIFIES THAT _____ HAS CONTRIBUTED
FIFTY CENTS TO THE ERECTION OF A MONUMENT IN MEMORY OF ABRAHAM
LINCOLN, OUR MARTYRED PRESIDENT. SPRINGFIELD, ILL. 1869. J.H.
BEVERIDGE | TREASURER. [Springfield?]: 1869. Engraved broadside, 6" x 9 1/2".
Attractive engraving of the National Lincoln Monument, with blank space to insert the name
of the contributor. Very Good.
[offered with] OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL LINCOLN MONUMENT ASSOCIATION,
SPRINGFIELD, ILL., JUNE 28, 1865. [Springfield? 1865]. Broadside, 8" x 10". Very Good.
Signed at the end in type by Richard Oglesby, President; and Clinton L. Conkling, Secretary.
The broadside explains the process for selecting the design and that, "in accordance with the
wishes of Mrs. Lincoln," the Association will erect the Monument "over his remains at Oak
Ridge, near the city of Springfield, Illinois."
$275.00
Item No. 116
116. New Jersey: ACTS OF THE COUNCIL AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
STATE OF NEW-JERSEY, FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PRESENT
GOVERNMENT, AND DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, TO THE END OF THE
FIRST SITTING OF THE EIGHTH SESSION, ON THE 24TH DAY OF DECEMBER,
1783; WITH THE CONSTITUTION PREFIXED. TO WHICH IS ANNEXED, AN
APPENDIX, CONTAINING THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION OF THE UNITED
STATES, &C. WITH TWO ALPHABETICAL TABLES AND AN INDEX. COMPILED
UNDER THE APPOINTMENT OF THE LEGISLATURE, BY PETER WILSON, A.M.
Trenton: Isaac Collins., 1784. x, 389, [1 blank], 28 [Appendix], 4 [Table of Public Acts], 4
[Table of Private Acts], 30 [Index] pp. Folio. Contemporary paper-covered boards, sheep
spine with red morocco spine label and raised spine bands [rebacked]. Scattered spotting,
Good+ or so.
Commonly known as 'Wilson's Laws,' this is the second issue of the title page, 'Acts of the
Council and General Assembly...' The first issue begins with, 'Acts of the General Assembly.'
The text of both is the same, containing many laws relating to the American Revolution.
Felcone Bibliography 394. Evans 18632.
$850.00
Tuscola’s Got It All!
117. [Newman, Benjamin]: REAL ESTATE OFFICE OF B. NEWMAN & CO.|
TUSCOLA, [blank space] 1858.
THE UNDERSIGNED HAS BEEN TRAVERSING DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE
WESTERN STATES FOR THE LAST TWENTY YEARS, AND HAS BECOME
INTIMATELY ACQUAINTED WITH THE ADVANTAGES OF NUMEROUS
PROMISING YOUNG TOWNS, THAT GIVE ENCOURAGING FACILITIES TO
EMIGRANTS, SUCH AS MECHANICS, MANUFACTURERS, MERCHANTS AND
PROFESSIONAL MEN, WISHING HOMES IN THE WEST.
AFTER A THOROUGH ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE INDUCEMENTS, HELD OUT
TO SUCH EMIGRANTS, TO SETTLE AT DIFFERENT POINTS, HE FEELS THAT HE
CAN CONFER NO GREATER FAVOR ON THIS ENTERPRISING CLASS OF
PIONEERS, THAN TO DIRECT THEIR CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THE TOWNS
MENTIONED BELOW.
TUSCOLA, IS SITUATED IN COLES COUNTY, ILLS., AT THE JUNCTION OF THE
ILLINOIS CENTRAL & INDIANA RAIL ROADS, ON ONE OF THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL PRAIRIES IN THE STATE... IT WILL AT NO DISTANT DAY, BE THE
COUNTY SEAT, AND ONE OF THE MOST FLOURISHING TOWNS ON THE
CHICAGO BRANCH OF THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAIL ROAD.
NEWMAN IS SITUATED IN THE EASTERN PART OF COLES COUNTY ILLINOIS,
TWENTY-EIGHT MILES FROM CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS, AND TWENTY-FIVE
MILES FROM PARIS, ILLINOIS... THE LOCAL ADVANTAGE OF THIS LOCATION
RENDER IT CERTAIN TO BE ONE OF THE MOST FLOURISHING TOWNS ON SAID
RAIL ROAD, BETWEEN TUSCOLA AND MONTEZUMA, AND THE RAREST
FACILITIES ARE HERE OFFERED FOR MERCHANTS, MECHANICS,
PROFESSIONAL MEN AND CAPITALISTS TO MAKE INVESTMENTS.| B. NEWMAN
& CO., REAL ESTATE AGENTS, TUSCOLA, COLES CO., ILL. WILL ATTEND TO
BUYING AND SELLING OF LANDS AND LOTS, PAYMENTS OF TAXES, &C.
[Tuscola, IL? 1858] . Broadside, 7.75" x 9.75". Printed using several different typsettings. A
few horizontal folds, light edgewear, a few small chips repaired on verso with archival tape
[no loss]. Blank verso a bit dusted. Manuscript signature on verso, "B. Newman, Real Estate
Agent." A blue pencil mark on verso. Overall, Very Good.
The neighboring townships of Tuscola and Newman, Coles County, Illinois, were laid out
in 1857. The founders believed a new County would be formed, that "east and west" railroads
would be built, and that Tuscola would be the county seat. This promotional is Newman's
attempt to populate and grow the two townships. His efforts succeeded: in 1859, Douglas
County was formed out of the top section of Coles County and Tuscola was named its county
seat.
Benjamin Newman [1817-1880], born in Ohio, was one of the Town of Newman's
original proprietors. He was the son-in-law of Peter Cartright, a famous Illinois revivalist
preacher and legislator. Newman's list of 'references' at the bottom of the broadside includes
Governor Richard Yates, and Cartright. [Niles, H.C.: HISTORY OF DOUGLAS COUNTY,
ILLINOIS, COMPILED BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THE
CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, JULY 4, 1876.
Tuscola, IL: 1876. Pages 41-47, 71-74.] .
Not located on OCLC [as of September, 2014].
$275.00
118. Nine-Mile Baptist Association: MINUTES OF THE TWELFTH ANNUAL
SESSION OF THE NINE-MILE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, HELD WITH THE MOUNT
PLEASANT CHURCH, WASHINGTON COUNTY, ILL., OCTOBER, 16TH, 17TH, AND
18TH, 1856. Benton, Ill.: Printed at the "Illinois Baptist" Book and Job Office, 1856. 14, [2
blanks] pp. Stitched, with remnant of inner margin reinforced binding. Lightly worn and
foxed, untrimmed, Good+.
The Association came into existence in 1845. "When formed, this association consisted of
the churches at Nine Mile, Concord, Swanwick Creek, and Delum in Perry County, Kincade
and Pleasant Hill in Jackson County, and Pleasant Ridge in Randolph County" [Byrd 928].
Only a few Benton imprints preceded this one.
The Minutes contain the names of member churches, delegates, and ministers. The
Association warns "our churches to be cautious how they receive strangers who may profess
to be Baptists or Baptist ministers, and how they give them all the privileges which they, as
such, may seek or claim, without proper certificates or recommendations." The Report on
Temperance claims "that there is no evil existing among us more universal in extent, more
injurious in its effects, more fearful in its consequences, or more difficult to overcome, than
the of the use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage."
Byrd 2382. OCLC 47847729 [6, as of September 2014].
$250.00
119. [Oldroyd, O.H.]: THE GOOD OLD SONGS WE USED TO SING. '61 TO '65.
DEDICATED TO THE VETERANS OF THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. Springfield, IL:
O.H. Oldroyd, [1882]. 32pp, illustrations. Original pictorial wrappers with photographic
illustration of General Grant on front wrap and GAR Medal on rear wrapper [light chipping
along edges], stitched. Very Good.
This is the first edition, with many illustrations of Union Civil War generals and military
insignia.
OCLC locates ten copies under three accession numbers [as of September, 2014]. $150.00
“The Character of the American Aborigines Receives
the Principal Force of His Attack”
120. [Pauw, Corneille de]: RECHERCHES PHILOSOPHIQUES SUR LES
AMERICAINS, OU MEMOIRES INTERESSANTS POUR SERVIR A L'HISTOIRE DE
L'ESPECE HUMAINE. PAR MR. DE P***. AVEC UNE DISSSERTATION SUR
L'AMERIQUE & LES AMERICAINS, PAR DON PERNETY. Berlin: 1770. 3 vols. Volume
I with owner's bookplate on front pastedown. 12mo, contemporary calf [some rubbing and
hinge wear] with attractive gilt-decorated spine, raised spine bands, and morocco spine
labels. pp xxii, [2], 326, [25 Index], [1 blank]; 366, [31 Index], [1 blank]; 136, 256. Text
clean. Very Good.
The first three-volume edition, containing the original work plus Pernety's critique and De
Pauw's defense. Jenkins calls it the "best edition." The first printing occurred in Berlin, 17681769. "A very scarce treatise, with much on slavery and Indians, along with natural history.
Particularly good on the South and Latin America" [Jenkins]. "In volumes one and two De
Pauw labors to prove the inferior scale upon which nature has organized men, animals, and
vegetation in America. The character of the American Aborigines receives the principal force
of his attack. Dom Pernety, with forcible arguments, defended them in his 'Dissertation'"
[Field].
Howes P142, P238. Jenkins Full Howes 1940. Field 420. Thompson [Louisiana] 1407. Sabin
59242.
$750.00
Item No. 120
Early Rock Springs Imprint Eulogizing Ninian Edwards
121. Peck, J[ohn] M[ason]: THE DEATH OF EMINENT MEN A PUBLIC CALAMITY.
A DISCOURSE IN REFERENCE TO THE DECEASE OF THE LATE GOVERNOR OF
ILLINOIS, NINIAN EDWARDS, DELIVERED IN THE COURT HOUSE, BELLEVILLE,
ILLINOIS, DECEMBER 22, 1833; WITH A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER.
Rock-Spring, Ill.: Printed by Ashford Smith, 1834. 20pp. Disbound without wrappers, lightly
to moderately foxed, Good+.
Peck, a Baptist missionary in the then-West, wrote many books and articles on emigration
to Illinois and Missouri, and was acquainted with the leading citizens of those States. His
Discourse describes the qualities of a great leader, claims them for Edwards, and sketches
Edwards's life. This is one of the earliest imprints from Rock Springs, where Peck lived. It is
located east of Springfield, and about 190 miles south of Chicago. The pamphlet brought
$650 at the Streeter Sale.
III Streeter Sale 1448. Byrd 190. AI 26152 [5].
$1,000.00
Item No. 121
122. Pickering, Timothy: REVIEW OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; SINCE THE YEAR
NINETY-THREE. OR; THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE SECRETARY OF
STATE; AND THE FRENCH MINISTER, ON THAT SUBJECT. Boston: 1797. 87, [1
blank] pp. Bound in modern quarter morocco and marbled boards. Foxed, Good+.
Pickering "proved to be malign" in Washington's and Adams's administrations [Flexner,
'Washington, The Indispensible Man', page 325]. "A stony-faced Puritan with hawk eyes," he
was primarily responsible for the removal of Washington's old friend Edmund Randolph as
Secretary of State. He succeeded Randolph in that office as "a bitter and uncompromising
Federalist. The French Revolution filled him with dread and loathing" [DAB]. Here he
demonstrates his distrust of France by denouncing Adet and French policies, and expresses
his affinity for England.
FIRST EDITION. Howes P341. Evans 33066.
$350.00
123. [Pinckney, Charles C.]: MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, ACCOMPANYING THE COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE ENVOYS
EXTRAORDINARY TO THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, RECEIVED SINCE THE FOURTH
OF MAY LAST. 5TH JUNE, 1798- ORDERED TO LIE ON THE TABLE. Philadelphia:
Printed by Way & Groff, [1798]. 17, [1 blank] pp. Disbound with some loosening, Very
Good.
The Message transmits a document signed in type by the American Envoys to France:
Charles Pinckney, John Marshall, and Elbridge Gerry. It describes two meetings with
Talleyrand who, more subtly than Mr. X and Mr. Y, impresses upon them the need for a loan
to France as a sign of American friendship, to be repaid after the end of the War with
England. The American envoys persist in refusing, citing their obligation of strict neutrality.
Evans 34822.
$275.00
Victory Has Delivered Us From “Tyrannical and Insufferable Rulers”
124. Porter, Eliphalet: A SERMON, DELIVERED TO THE FIRST RELIGIOUS
SOCIETY IN ROXBURY, DECEMBER 11, 1783; BEING THE FIRST DAY OF PUBLIC
THANKSGIVING, IN AMERICA, AFTER THE RESTORATION OF PEACE, AND THE
ULTIMATE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF HER INDEPENDENCE. Boston: Adams and
Nourse, 1784. 24pp, disbound and foxed, about Good+.
Porter gives thanks for "the favourable interposition of Providence on our behalf through a
long and tedious conflict with a powerful enemy-- the maintenance of our rights and liberties- the ultimate acknowledgement of our freedom, sovereignty, and independence-- a period to
the calamities and distresses of war, and the return of peace, lovely peace, with her attendant
blessings." He sees parallels "with the memorable interposition of Providence on the behalf
of ancient Israel." Porter locates the hand of God in America's favor, from the time of "the
first settlers of our country."
Americans have been delivered from "arbitrary... tyrannical and insufferable" rulers, and
from "lawless power."
Evans 18736.
$350.00
The South "Sips Not the Poisoned Chalice of Disunion"- It’s the Abolitionists’ Fault
125. Powell, I.C.W.: AN ADDRESS, DELIVERED AT EASTON, MD., ON THE
FOURTH OF JULY, 1846. [Easton? 1846]. 6 1/2" x 8 1/2", folded. 8pp. Caption title [as
issued]. Light spotting, Very Good.
A rare, evidently unrecorded imprint, probably issuing from Easton, Maryland. A local
lawyer, Powell extols the Revolutionary generation and denounces "secessionists". But the
hated secessionists are abolitionists, not slaveholders. The South "sips not the poisoned
chalice of disunion" despite outrageous provocations by the anti-slavery cabal. The most
recent such provocateur is Torrey, who "some months ago, in open and wilful violation of
existing law interfered with our domestic institutions." Torrey had set up a successful
underground network to spirit away slaves, and had also disrupted a Maryland slaveholders'
convention. He garnered much praise in the North for doing so. For proof that the spirit of
patriotism is not dead, Powell cites Marylanders on "the fields of Matamoras", especially "the
gallant Captain May."
Not in Sabin, American Imprints, Eberstadt, Decker, NUC, or on OCLC as of October 2014.
$500.00
Item No. 125
126. Presbyterian Church: MINUTES OF THE UNITED SYNOD OF THE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: WITH AN
APPENDIX. APRIL, A.D., 1858. Knoxville, Tenn.: 1858. 40pp, stitched, original printed
wrappers (lightly worn and soiled). Very Good.
The Synod addressed "an agitation that has already resulted in the dismemberment of
several evangelical Churches." The Church, composed here exclusively of representatives
from the Southern states, unanimously resolves that, "Inasmuch as slaveholders were
admitted into the Churches organized by the Apostles, and as neither Christ nor his Apostles
intimated that the slaveholding relation was a sin," ownership of slaves "cannot, in itself
considered, in any case, be made the basis of discipline in the Presbyterian Church." Much
other information appears, with a list of ministers in the Synods of Virginia, Mississippi,
Tennessee, and West Tennessee.
Not in Sabin, Allen, or Eberstadt. OCLC 8690936 [7, as of October 2014] [the series 18581863].
$275.00
Item No. 127
"Popish, Cruel, Ambitious, Restless House of Bourbon"
127. Prince, Thomas: THE SALVATIONS OF GOD IN 1746. IN PART SET FORTH IN
A SERMON AT THE SOUTH CHURCH IN BOSTON, NOV. 27, 1746. BEING THE DAY
OF THE ANNIVERSARY THANKSGIVING IN THE PROVINCE OF THE
MASSACHUSETTS BAY IN N.E. WHEREIN THE MOST REMARKABLE
SALVATIONS OF THE YEAR PAST, BOTH IN EUROPE AND NORTH-AMERICA, AS
FAR AS THEY ARE COME TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, ARE BRIEFLY CONSIDERED.
Boston: D. Henchman, 1746. Half title, 35, [1 blank] pp. Attractive typesetter's ornaments.
Bound in later half morocco [worn] and marbled boards. Extra-illustrated with one plate of
Gov. Simon Bradstreet's house, "built by his wife." Beneath it is written in pencil, "She was
nice to Gov. John Winthrop." Early bookplate of Robert Charles Winthrop, Junr. Scattered
light foxing, Very Good.
"Entirely related to political and historical-- not to religious-- events of the year 1745"
[Jenkins]. Prince discusses the ongoing struggle for control of North America. The principal
enemy is France's "popish, cruel, ambitious, restless House of Bourbon," whose aggressions-which nearly succeeded-- in the West Indies, Canada, the Great Lakes, the Mississippi River,
and among the Indian tribes are chronicled. He recounts the remarkable works of God
[assisted by the British army and navy, as well as the weather] that thwarted French dreams
of conquest.
FIRST EDITION. Evans 5856. Jenkins Full Howes 2060. Howes P615 [reference].
$850.00
128. Raynal, Abbe: THE REVOLUTION OF AMERICA. Salem: Printed and Sold by
Samuel Hall, 1782. 12mo. vii, [1 blank], 92 pp. Disbound, lightly worn and toned, else Very
Good.
This popular work was published in three other locations in the United States during 1782.
Howes R85. Evans 17687.
$650.00
Down With “Brighamism”
129. Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints: TWENTY-SEVEN
PAMPHLETS ISSUED BY THE REORGANIZED CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF
LATTER DAY SAINTS. [Plano, Illinois: 1860-1875]. 27 pamphlets, each with caption title.
These include pamphlets numbered 2-12, 14-17, 20-27, 29-30 above the caption title; and two
unnumbered pamphlets: TITHING [Plano: Printed at the True Latter Day Saints' Herald
Office. 1860's?], and BRIGHAMISM: ITS PROMISES AND THEIR FAILURES. [Plano:
Printed at the True Latter Day Saints' Herald Steam and Book Office. 1869?]. Scattered
foxing, bound in stiff paper contemporary wrappers, with 'Tracts' stamped in gilt on front
cover. Ink signature on front endpaper, 'Chas. N. Brown, Providence, R.I.' Brown was
Presiding Elder of the Providence Branch of the LDS Church, and head of its New York and
Southern New England Mission. Pasted on the first front endpaper is a printed 'A Revelation
and Prophecy, By the Prophet, Seer, and Revelator, Joseph Smith, Given December 25th,
1832...copied from the 'Pearl of Great Price,' Published at Liverpool, in 1851.' Very Good.
Twenty-seven pamphlets, many of them extremely scarce, from the Reorganized Church,
founded in 1860 in Illinois. Its separation from the Latter Day Saints occurred in the schism
of 1844, after the murder of Joseph Smith and the ensuing dispute over the succession. The
pamphlets reflect the doctrines of the Reorganized Church and its version of its history.
Certain pamphlets demonstrate rivalry with the Mormons, e.g., Nos. 12 and 16, denouncing
polygamy and Brighamism, calling Brigham Young a profligate materialist and sensualist
who is now "worth millions, and has expended vast sums yearly in maintaining large
numbers of wives and children."
The pamphlet titles are: [2] Truth Made Manifest, A Dialogue on the First Principles of
the Oracles of God, by Eliza; [3] The Voice of the Good Shepherd; [4] Epitome of the Faith
and Doctrines of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (with Findings
of Lake County, Ohio Court, in Kirtland Temple Suit printed on verso); [5] The Gospel; [6]
The One Baptism: Its Mode, Subjects, Pre-requisites and Design. Who Shall Administer?; [7]
Who Then Can Be Saved? By Joseph Smith; [8] Fulness of the Atonement. By M. Faulconer;
[9] Spiritualism Viewed from a Scriptural Stand-Point. By Elder T.W. Smith; [10] The
Narrow Way. By Elder Isaac Sheen; [11] The Plan of Salvation. By Elder Isaac Sheen; [12]
The Bible versus Polygamy. By Elder David H. Smith; Brighamism: Its Promises and Their
Failures; [14] Reply to Orson Pratt, By Joseph Smith, President of the Reorganized Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; [15] Idolatry; [16] Polygamy: Was it an Original Tenet of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints! By Alexander H. Smith; [17] The Successor
in the Prophetic Office and Presidency of the Church (Revised Edition); Tithing; [20] The
“One Body,” or, the Church of Christ Under the Apostleship, and under the Apostasy; [21]
Truth by Three Witnesses, A Warning Voice; [22] Faith and Repentance; [23] Baptism; [24]
The Kingdom of God: What Is It? Whence Comes It? Where Is It?; [25] Laying on of Hands;
[26] The Mountain of the Lord’s House; [27] The Sabbath Question; [29] A Vision; and [30]
Origin of the Book of Mormon.
$3,500.00
130. Republican Congressional Committee: TWENTY-TWO PAMPHLETS
PUBLISHED BY THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE 1860
ELECTIONS. [Washington: Published by the Republican Congressional Committee, 1860].
Each pamphlet disbound, lightly toned, occasional loosening. Else Very Good. Generally
with caption titles, as issued.
These pamphlets, mostly speeches delivered in Congress, were specially published by the
Republican Congressional Committee in order to advocate the principles of the new Party. Its
platform included, not only restrictions on slavery, but also a protective tariff to aid infant
American industries, and homestead legislation to appeal to white freemen's desire to own
their own lands in the unsettled west. Galusha Grow, Benjamin Wade, Thomas Corwin, John
Sherman and other prominent, early Republicans are represented in this group. A complete
list available on request.
$500.00
Early Days of the Republican Party in Illinois
131. Republican Party in Quincy, Illinois: QUINCY, ADAMS CO., ILLS., OCTOBER
6TH, 1856. DEAR SIR: THE UNDERSIGNED, COMMITTEE OF INVITATION TO THE
MASS MEETING TO BE HELD AT THIS PLACE, ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23D
INST., HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO INVITE YOU TO COME UP TO THIS
MEETING AND HELP US IN OUR EFFORTS IN THE CAUSE FREEDOM! ALAS!
THAT WE SHOULD NOW IN THIS AGE OF THE WORLD, BE CALLED UPON BY A
SENSE OF SOLEMN RESPONSIBILITY AND DUTY, TO RALLY FOR LIBERTY- BUT
IT IS EVEN SO. THIS DISTRICT, IN ILLINOIS, IT WAS THAT SENT RICHARDSON
TO CONGRESS- THE MAN WHO OF ALL OTHERS, NEXT TO DOUGLAS, IS MOST
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPEAL OF THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE... YOURS
RESPECTFULLY, A. WILLIAMS, R.S. BENNESON, H. ASBURY. COM. Quincy: 1856.
One sheet, folded to 3-7/8" x 6-1/4". 1, [3 blanks] pp. Near Fine.
A rare, significant, and evidently unrecorded record of the beginnings of the Republican
Party in Illinois. In addition to launching the national career of Abraham Lincoln, the new
Party opposed Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas, author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act,
which repealed the Missouri Compromise and opened northern territories to slavery. Lincoln,
though aware of the Mass Meeting, was unable to attend. The 'Lincoln Log' reports, "He
writes Abraham Jonas that he cannot be at Quincy on 23rd- he is so 'hobbled' with case that
he cannot leave. Abraham Lincoln to Abraham Jonas, 21 October 1856, CW, 2:380." Lincoln
did, however, speak at other Republican and Anti-Nebraska rallies that October.
The Committee members who called the Meeting were prominent Quincy anti-slavery
men. Archibald Williams, a lawyer, had been an Adams County delegate to the State AntiNebraska Convention in Springfield on May 30, 1856. He had made an unsuccessful effort to
unseat Richardson in the recent Congressional elections. Lincoln would appoint him a federal
judge in Kansas in 1861. Lincoln, his law partner William Herndon, and his friend Orville
Browning had also been also delegates to the Anti-Nebraska Convention.
R.S. Benneson was a Third Ward Alderman. Henry Asbury, a lawyer and registrar of the
land office, was, according to his obituary in the Quincy Daily Journal [November 20, 1896],
"an intimate personal and political friend of Abraham Lincoln and was the man who framed
for him the four questions propounded to Stephen A. Douglas at Freeport in the famous
debates in 1858."
Not located on OCLC [as of September 2014], or in any of the standard bibliographies or
online resources.
$2,500.00
Item No. 131
132. Rhode Island: JUNE, 1799. AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF
RHODE-ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE-PLANTATIONS, BEGUN AND HOLDEN, BY
ADJOURNMENT, AT NEWPORT, WITHIN AND FOR THE STATE AFORESAID, ON
THE SECOND MONDAY IN JUNE, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD [1799]... [Newport:
Printed by Oliver Farnsworth, Printer to the Honorable General Assembly, 1799]. Folio, 7" x
12". 16pp, stitched and removed. Signed in ink by Samuel Eddy, Secretary. Very Good.
This session contains an Act establishing free schools; a report of the Committee
appointed to burn State notes; a petition by Quakers to amend the law for regulating the
militia; the names of the Justices of the Peace, Military Officers, and Officers of Military
Companies appointed during the Session; an Act to appoint two Special Justices of the Court
of Common Pleas for the County of Providence.
Evans 36219. Alden 1641. NAIP w032948 [7].
$200.00
133. Rhode Island: OCTOBER, 1799. AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE
OF RHODE-ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE-PLANTATIONS, BEGUN AND HOLDEN AT
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, WITHIN AND FOR THE STATE AFORESAID, ON THE LAST
MONDAY IN OCTOBER, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD [1799]... [Newport: Printed by
Oliver Farnsworth, Printer to the Honorable General Assembly., 1799]. Folio, 7" x 11.75".
29, [1 blank] pp, stitched. Light uniform toning. Signed in manuscript by Samuel Eddy,
Secretary. Very Good.
This session concerns treasury payments; prints a report of the Committee to burn State
notes; the Charter for Washington Lodge, No. 1, in Warren; settlement of the General
Treasurer's accounts; an act providing for the recovery and payment of the debts of the
Governor's Independent Company of Light Infantry in the Town of Providence; and Acts to
incorporate the Foster Safeguards, the Tiverton and Little-Compton Dragoons, and the Bristol
Grenadiers.
Evans 38384. Alden 1692. NAIP w032949 [7].
$175.00
Item No. 134
From the Leading Luminaries of the Abolition Movement
134. [Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society]: AUTOGRAPHS FOR FREEDOM.
Boston: John P. Jewett..., 1853. Illustration frontis, plus two other full-page plates, each with
original tissue guard. viii, 263, [1 blank] pp. Original publisher's cloth [lightly worn].
Institutional rubberstamp on several pages, not affecting text. Scattered foxing. Good+.
This is a collection of anti-slavery essays, poems, and other writings, each with the
author's facsimile autograph. The book prints Frederick Douglass's only work of fiction, "The
Heroic Slave," based on the 1841 revolt of the slave ship Creole. Other prominent
contributors include Harriet Beecher Stowe, Horace Mann, John G. Whittier, Horace Greeley,
Charles Sumner, Gerrit Smith, and William H. Seward.
The Preface is by Julia Griffiths, Secretary of the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society.
She advises that proceeds from the book's sales "will be devoted to the dissemination of light
and truth on the subject of slavery throughout the country."
FIRST EDITION. BAL 11177. Blockson 9204.
$1,250.00
Item No. 135
Exciting New York City Cases!
135. Rogers, Daniel: THE NEW-YORK CITY-HALL RECORDER, FOR THE YEAR
1819. CONTAINING REPORTS OF THE MOST INTERESTING TRIALS AND
DECISIONS WHICH HAVE ARISEN IN THE VARIOUS COURTS OF JUDICATURE,
FOR THE TRIAL OF JURY CAUSES, IN THE HALL, DURING THAT YEAR,
PARTICULARLY IN THE COURT OF SESSIONS. WITH NOTES AND REMARKS,
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY. BY...COUNSELLOR AT LAW. New York: Clayton &
Kingsland, 1819. iv, 192 pp.
[bound with] THE NEW-YORK CITY-HALL RECORDER, FOR THE YEAR 1820.
CONTAINING REPORTS OF THE MOST INTERESTING TRIALS AND DECISIONS...
New York: Nathaniel Smith, for the Proprietor. 1821. iv, 195 pp.
[bound with] THE NEW-YORK CITY-HALL RECORDER, FOR THE YEAR 1821...
New York: E.B. Clayton. 1822. iv, 212 pp. Tall 8vo, contemporary sheep, rebacked, new
gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. Moderately foxed, Good+.
Volumes IV-VI, each containing twelve numbers [complete]. Volume VI is the Recorder's
final year of publication. The Reports include a panoply of interesting material on the legal
and social history of New York City: Mordecai Noah intercedes as a passerby in a case of
assault and battery; counterfeiters of Spanish dollars are stopped in their tracks; black people
argue that they are free and not slaves; a slave trader is prosecuted; piracy is stopped;
murderers are punished; forgers, receivers of stolen goods, con artists, burglars are jailed;
disappointed women sue for breach of promise of marriage. These and other cases present a
smorgasbord of significant constitutional and other legal issues. A good topical index and an
index of cases are included.
FIRST EDITIONS. II Harv. Law Cat. 487. AI 42005 [1] [series]. Sabin 72617. Not in
Marvin, Cohen, Lomazow, Mott.
$750.00
136. [Sanborn, F.B.]: SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
MASSACHUSETTS. IN THE MATTER OF FRANK B. SANBORN, ON HABEAS
CORPUS. BRIEF OF COUNSEL FOR SILAS CARLETON, SPECIAL DEPUTY OF THE
SERGEANT-AT-ARMS OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. Boston [MA]:
Press of Alfred Mudge & Son, 34 School Street, 1862. 60pp, stitched and lightly worn.
Original printed front wrapper [detached and ragged, signature of 'Jno. B. D. Cogswell' at
head of wrap]. Else clean and widely margined, a bit of blank edge chipping. Good+.
A celebrated case. Franklin B. Sanborn, a Boston abolitionist and reformer, was a friend
of John Brown. In February 1860 the Mason Commission, established by Congress to
investigate Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry, issued an order for Sanborn to appear in
Washington to give testimony on his role in the affair. A deputy U.S. Marshal and four
assistants attempted to serve their subpoena in Massachusetts and abduct Sanborn; his family
sounded the alarm and his Concord neighbors, including Thoreau, rushed to his aid. The
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court met in special session to discharge Sanborn from
arrest. This Brief, filed in behalf of the United States, argues for the supremacy of the
Congressional subpoena.
FIRST EDITION. OCLC 24885712 [5] [as of October 2014]. Not in Harv. Law Cat.
$250.00
137. Seward, William H.: SPEECH OF THE HON. WM. H. SEWARD, DELIVERED IN
THE UNITED STATES SENATE, FEBRUARY 29TH, 1860. PUBLISHED FOR
GRATUITOUS DISTRIBUTION, BY WILLIAM RABE. San Francisco: Towne & Bacon,
Cor. Clay and Sansome Sts., 1860. 15, [1 blank] pp. Disbound. Else Very Good.
The 1860 presidential election was extremely close in California, where substantial proslavery sentiment existed. Lincoln barely defeated Douglas and Breckinridge, with 32% of
the popular vote. The Republicans mounted an energetic campaign. This pamphlet, one
component of that effort, is the San Francisco printing of Seward's major 1860 Speech, which
denounced the Dred Scott decision but disclaimed radical abolition; deplored the Slave
Power, the threatened spread of Slavery, and the diminution of freedom.
William Rabe was a San Francisco physician and druggist, Secretary of the California
State Republican Committee, and Lincoln's future appointee as U.S. Marshal of Northern
California. He published ten thousand copies of this speech "at my own expense, in advance
of the Washington publication." His prefatory remarks echo those of the New York Times in
praise of the Speech: "Governor Seward's faith in liberty and freedom of discussion, as
conservators of national existence and vitality, is boundless and invincible. No peril, no
calamity of the hour, can shake his conviction that our Union and our Free Institutions are
destined to endure and expand forever."
Greenwood 1371. Sabin 79577. Not in Cowan, Drury, Rocq.
$250.00
Item No. 138
Early Missions to Georgia
138. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: A SERMON PREACHED IN THE
PARISH-CHURCH OF CHRIST-CHURCH, LONDON, ON THURSDAY, MAY THE 3D,
1764: BEING THE TIME OF THE YEARLY MEETING OF THE CHILDREN
EDUCATED IN THE CHARITY-SCHOOLS, IN AND ABOUT THE CITIES OF
LONDON AND WESTMINSTER. BY THE REVEREND SIR PETER RIVERS,
BARONET, RECTOR OF WOOLWICH IN KENT. TO WHICH IS ANNEXED, AN
ACCOUNT OF THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. London:
J. and W. Oliver, 1764. 120, [2] pp. Stitched [but loosened] in contemporary plain thick paper
wrappers [wraps torn]. Verso of front wrapper has the signature, 'Moses Brown's.' Text
widely margined, with light uniform tanning and forecorners dog-eared. Very Good.
This scarce pamphlet prints the Account of the Society for Promoting Christian
Knowledge from page [25] to the end. It has "a short Narrative of its Rise and Progress" since
its 1698 genesis. Its missions to the New World included founding the Saltzburger Colony in
Georgia. The Society has "been enabled to send over to the English Colony in Georgia in the
Years 1733, 1734, 1735, and 1741, Four Transports, consisting of more than two Hundred
Protestant Emigrants, chiefly Saltzburgers; who, with two Missionaries and a Schoolmaster,
are settled by themselves at Ebenezer" [pp 33-34]. Pages 86-87 print 'Some Account of the
Saltzburghers settled at Ebenezer in Georgia, 1763.' Page 99 lists the missionaries in Georgia.
Pages 40-55 list Members of the Society. 'Ladies Annual Subscribers,' benefactors, data
concerning the Society's Charity Schools, a 'Catalogue of the Books Dispersed by the
Society,' and other information are also printed.
FIRST EDITION. ESTC T18046. Not in De Renne, Sabin.
$750.00
Item No. 139
South Carolina in 1861
139. [South Carolina in the Confederacy]: JOURNAL OF THE SENATE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA, BEING THE SESSIONS OF 1861. Columbia, S.C.: Charles P. Pelham, State
Printer, 1861. 252pp. Stitching broken, uncut signatures. Last several leaves dirty, occasional
browning and lightly scattered foxing. Else Very Good.
The Called Session convened on November 4 and adjourned on November 6. The Annual
Session convened on November 28 and recessed on December 21. They treated War-related
matters: establishment of the Confederate States of America, raising troops for the War,
justifications for secession, the Governor's recounting of the events of late 1860 and early
1861 at Forts Moultrie and Sumter, and a variety of other interesting matters concerning the
breakup of the Union and the War.
"We will be left free to develope our own civilization, and show, where there is an inferior
caste in society, and the higher and privileged race governs, that a constitutional republic of
States may be established upon conservative principles, identified with all the great ends of
truth, justice and stability."
Parrish & Willingham 3090 [248pp]. OCLC 617692258 [3- Emory, U GA, Boston
Athenaeum] [248pp] [as of September 2014].
$600.00
140. Spafford, Horatio Gates: THE NEW-YORK POCKET-BOOK. BY...AUTHOR
GAZETTEER, CANAL GUIDE, &C. Troy: Published by William S. Parker, 1825. 7 1/2 x 3
1/4", with contemporary printer's waste paper wrappers. 16pp, contemporary ownership
signature of 'Aaron W. Raymond Troy Jany 20 ' Margin note at base of 'Explanation' page.
Very Good.
A rare work by the noted gazetteer. It lists New York's cities and towns alphabetically,
with county, population as of 1820, votes for Clinton in the last gubernatorial election.
FIRST EDITION. Sabin 88848. OCLC 58671440 [2- AAS, NYHS] [as of October 2014].
Not in American Imprints.
$375.00
141. Sumner, Charles: SPEECH OF THE HON. CHARLES SUMNER, OF
MASSACHUSETTS, ON THE BARBARISM OF SLAVERY, DELIVERED IN THE U.S.
SENATE, JUNE 4, 1860. ALSO, THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. San Francisco: Towne
& Bacon, Book, Card and Fancy Job Printers, 1860. 32pp, disbound. Else Very Good.
The 1860 presidential election was extremely close in California, where substantial proslavery sentiment existed. Lincoln barely defeated Douglas and Breckinridge, with 32% of
the popular vote. The Republicans mounted an energetic campaign. This pamphlet, one
component of that effort, is the San Francisco printing of Sumner's dramatic maiden speech
upon returning to the Senate after a four-year absence, caused by the brutal beating at the
hands of South Carolina Congressman Brooks. It characteristically attacks slavery. The 1860
Republican Platform is printed at the end.
Greenwood 1379. Sabin 93681. Not in Cowan or Drury.
$250.00
Nullification Is a “Fundamental Truth of Constitutional Law”
142. [Tazewell, Littleton Waller]: A REVIEW OF THE PROCLAMATION OF
PRESIDENT JACKSON, OF THE 10TH OF DECEMBER, 1832; IN A SERIES OF
NUMBERS, ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH
HERALD, UNDER THE SIGNATURE OF "A VIRGINIAN." Norfolk: Printed by T.G.
Broughton, 1833. 74pp. Disbound and lightly foxed, Good+.
Tazewell wrote these Letters at the height of the Nullification Crisis. This is their first
separate publication; the pamphlet was reprinted in 1888. Tazewell argues that President
Jackson's denial of South Carolina's power to nullify the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 repudiates
"certain propositions that have ever been held (in Virginia, at least) as fundamental truths of
constitutional law." Jackson's tactics are "political heresies." Tazewell appeals to the great
Western tradition: Power is always to be exercised in the service of Right. He denounces "the
doctrines of the new ultra Federal School, that these States never were sovereign" and that, by
joining the Union, they "surrendered any part of their sovereignty."
Tazewell accompanies his arguments with detailed legal and constitutional history.
FIRST EDITION. Cohen 6335. AI 21450 [1]. OCLC 9452031 [6] [as of October 2014].
Haynes 18166 and Swem 5473 cite only the 1888 edition.
$850.00
Item No. 142
143. Tennessee Slave Dispute: JOHNSON V. LANE, FRANKLIN COUNTY,
TENNESSEE: SUMMARIES OF EVIDENCE IN CONTEMPORARY MANUSCRIPT.
PLAINTIFF ACCUSED DEFENDANT OF KNOWINGLY SELLING HIM A SICKLY
FEMALE SLAVE WHO DIED OF PERITONITIS SOON AFTER THE SALE IN
DECEMBER 1848. [@1848-1850]. Three documents, each entirely in manuscript on blue
paper and 7.5" x 12". [4] pp, folded; [2] pp, single leaf; [2], [2 blank] pp, folded. Light folds,
pencil notations throughout [which transcribe some challenging handwriting; the pencil notes
can be erased easily, but we kept them to assist with reading]. Good+.
These eight pages of evidence and testimony concern the health of a female slave before
Lane sold her to Johnson. The four-page document is headed, 'Johnson v. Lane, bill of sale
dated 5 December 1848.' This document contains Dr. Ford's testimony concerning his
examinations of the slave before she died. He describes pain across her bowels and
tenderness in her abdomen. The slave was brought to his home after two weeks of
complaining. There is other testimony on the slave's condition before sale. One witness states
she had several spells of pain in her left side and her bowels, with chills and fever, but further
claims that she was at his house 4 or 5 days before she was sold and appeared fine to him. At
no time had he felt there was any difference in her color, and she had appeared to do
"tolerable work gatherin corn."
Dr. Brown examined the slave after her death. Witness Shelton says he was acquainted
with the slave for 5 or 6 years and stated that she had a naturally pale complexion and had not
had chills before he came to know her. However, on cross examination he did note that
sometimes she complained. Russell Lane testified that most years the slave had described her
chills and fever, never appearing dangerously sick, but wishing to be reunited with her birth
family.
$375.00
Item No. 143
144. Territory of Orleans: ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE
SECOND LEGISLATURE OF THE TERRITORY OF ORLEANS, BEGUN AND HELD IN
THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS, ON FRIDAY, THE THIRTEENTH OF JANUARY...
[1809]. New-Orleans: Printed at the Office of the Louisiana Courier, 1809. [2], xi, [1 blank],
85, [1 blank] pp, with English and French text on facing pages, as issued. Disbound, spine
reinforced. Some tanning, scattered light foxing, Good+ or so.
A scarce territorial imprint, providing for the "delivery of fugitive Slaves to their owners,
inhabitants of the Spanish Provinces adjacent to the Territory of Orleans"; prohibiting "any
Pedlar or Hawker" from purchasing goods from a slave without consent of the master;
enacting taxes on slaves; prohibiting the harboring of runaway slaves, and other early Acts.
FIRST EDITION. Jumonville 186. Thompson 1084. AI 18301 [2].
$750.00
145. Texas: ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO THE LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS.
VOLS. I, II, III, & IV. [Houston: Printed at the Telegraph Office, 1841?]. 35, [1 blank], 3841 pp [as issued]. Disbound, caption title [as issued]. Light tan and fox, Good+.
The first 35 pages are "an index to the laws of the first four congresses as published by the
Telegraph Press." The Index to the Laws of Volume V was separately printed, and appears at
pages 38-41.
Streeter, Texas 415, 478. 110 Eberstadt 271.
$500.00
146. Thacher, Peter: A REPLY TO THE STRICTURES OF MR. J.S. A LAYMAN,
UPON THE PAMPHLET ENTITLED OBSERVATIONS UPON THE PRESENT STATE
OF THE CLERGY OF NEW-ENGLAND, &C. BY PETER THACHER, A.M. AUTHOR
OF SAID PAMPHLET. Boston: Norman, White, and Freeman, [1784]. 22pp, disbound with
loosening and scattered fox. Margins trimmed closely, no text affected. Near Good+.
J[ames] S[ullivan] had opposed Thacher's argument that a congregation should not
deprive a minister of his livelihood absent a decision by a neutral arbiter. Sullivan, who
believed science and enlightened rationality had justly supplanted the clergy, attributed to
Thacher a wish to elevate clergy to a privileged elite. Thacher disclaims such a base
intention. He insists, instead, on "the flagrant injustice of any man, or body of men's being
judges in their own cause; the iniquity of one party's dissolving a solemn contract to the
prejudice of the other without the intervention of indifferent men."
FIRST EDITION. Evans 18804. Sabin 95173.
$350.00
147. [Trumbull, Benjamin]: A LETTER, FROM THE ASSOCIATION, OF THE
COUNTY OF NEW-HAVEN, TO THE REVEREND ELDERS, IN THE COLONIES OF
RHODE-ISLAND, AND MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, WHO ASSISTED IN THE
ORDINATION, OF THE REV. MR. JOHN HUBBARD, AT MERIDEN, JUNE 22ND,
1769. TO WHICH ARE ANNEXED, REMARKS ON THE CONFESSION OF FAITH AND
EXAMINATION, OF THE SAID HUBBARD... New Haven: Green, [1770]. 24pp,
untrimmed, disbound, scattered light wear and foxing. A bit closely trimmed at top margin,
but without loss. Very Good.
Rev. Trumbull, who was also the first great historian of Connecticut and the grandfather
of Lyman Trumbull, signs this scarce pamphlet in type at page 11, as Scribe. The Letter is
addressed to Rev. Ezra Stiles [then of Newport] and several Massachusetts ministers. It
complains of the Meriden Church's invitation to Rev. Hubbard "to preach four Sabbaths upon
Probation," and possibly to fill the ministerial vacancy there. "This gave great Uneasiness and
proved a Source of Disunion," because of Hubbard's "general Character for Unsoundness in
the great Doctrines of the Gospel." It is suspected that Hubbard may "hold the Arian and
socinian Errors."
FIRST EDITION. Evans 11900. Trumbull 986. NAIP w027774 [8].
$275.00
The Colonists Complain “That They Were Not Governed a la Monsr. Locke”
148. Tucker, Josiah: CUI BONO? OR, AN INQUIRY, WHAT BENEFITS CAN ARISE
EITHER TO THE ENGLISH OR THE AMERICANS, THE FRENCH, SPANIARDS, OR
DUTCH, FROM THE GREATEST VICTORIES, OR SUCCESSES, IN THE PRESENT
WAR? BEING A SERIES OF LETTERS, ADDRESSED TO MONSIEUR NECKER, LATE
CONTROLLER GENERAL OF THE FINANCES OF FRANCE. Glocester: 1781. 141, [1
blank] pp. A few spots, title page a bit dusted and a small corner repair, light rubberstamp
accession number on first text page. Else Very Good. Bound in attractive modern quarter
morocco over paper-covered marbled boards [bookplate on front pastedown].
"A series of interesting letters relating to the American Revolution...Rare" [Hubbard Sale].
"His views, which now appear thoroughly sagacious, were considered at the time as visionary
and exasperating. In this work he predicted that as soon as the colonies should be at peace
with England they would fall to quarreling among themselves" [Church]. "The great
Grievance of the Colonies, and their bitter Complaints against the Mother-Country were, that
they were not governed a la Monsr. Locke. For, to give them their Due, they hardly made an
Objection to any Thing besides."
FIRST EDITION. Howes T382. Adams Controversy 81-71a. Sabin 97334. Hubbard Sale
2209. Church 1193.
$450.00
The “Insurrectionary Doctrine” of Nullification
149. Union and Protection Tracts: TO THE FRIENDS OF PEACE, GOOD ORDER,
AND THE UNION OF THE STATES, "THE PALLADIUM OF OUR LIBERTIES."
[Charleston? 1831? 1832?]. 32pp, caption title [as issued]. Light scattered foxing, disbound,
else Very Good.
This scarce pamphlet contains three Union and Protection Tracts, continuously paginated:
To the Friends of Peace, Good Order, and the Union of the States, 'The Palladium of our
Liberties'; Extracts from the Report of Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury, Dec.
5, 1791; and Mr. Calhoun's Defence of the Tariff and Internal Improvement...April, 1816.
Each attacks "friends of nullification in Charleston," who "have formed an association of five
hundred members, for the purpose of circulating tracts of an inflammatory tendency; the basis
of which is the insurrectionary doctrine, that assumes the right of any one member of a
confederation of twenty-four members, to annul any and every law which it deems
unconstitutional, without any umpire to decide between the refractory member, and its
compeers."
II Turnbull 249. AI 9476 [1- NN] [1831]. AI 12521 [1- NSchU] [1832]. Sabin 97751.
$450.00
Item No. 149
150. United Brethren: DRAFT OF AN ACT INCORPORATING THE
CONGREGATION OF UNITED BRETHREN OF THE BOROUGH OF BETHLEHEM
AND ITS VICINITY. [Bethlehem PA?: 1850?]. 4" x 6", folded. 15, [1 blank] pp. Selfwrappers with wrapper title. A couple of small spots, Very Good.
This rare pamphlet prints the Act incorporating the congregation. The Congregation of
United Brethren is, the Draft notes, "commonly called Moravians of the Borough of
Bethlehem and its vicinity."
Not in Sabin, Cohen, Harv. Law Cat., Marke. OCLC 402597307 [1- Moravian Archives] [as
of October 2014].
$250.00
151. United States: LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE, INCLOSING
ABSTRACTS OF ALL THE RETURNS MADE TO HIM BY THE COLLECTORS OF
THE DIFFERENT PORTS, OF REGISTERED SEAMEN, AND OF IMPRESSED
SEAMEN; TOGETHER WITH A REPORT, EXHIBITING ABSTRACTS OF THE
COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED BY HIM FROM THE AGENTS EMPLOYED BY
VIRTUE OF THE 'ACT TO REVIVE AND CONTINUE IN FORCE CERTAIN PARTS OF
THE ACT FOR THE RELIEF AND PROTECTION OF AMERICAN SEAMEN, AND TO
AMEND THE SAME,' MADE IN PURSUANCEE OF THE SAID ACT. 12TH
DECEMBER, 1800. [Washington: 1800]. 16 [i.e., 15], [1 blank] pp. Pages 12-15
misnumbered 13-16, as issued. Stitched and untrimmed. Folding table. Near Fine.
Secretary of State John Marshall transmits this document to Congress in a prefatory
paragraph. The data include information on the citizenship status of each seaman, by State
and custom house district within each State; whether citizenship was acquired by birth,
residence, naturalization; seamen declaring themselves to be U.S. citizens detained by the
British fleet; protests of Masters of ships regarding impressed American seamen.
Evans 38756. NAIP w013317 [7].
$375.00
152. United States: REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO WHOM WAS REFERRED, SO
MUCH OF THE SPEECH OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AS
RELATES TO A "SYSTEM OF NATIONAL DEFENCE, COMMENSURATE WITH OUR
RESOURCES AND THE SITUATION OF OUR COUNTRY." 13TH JANUARY, 1800.
[Philadelphia: 1800]. 8vo. 4, [2], [2 blank] pp. Disbound. Unopened, uncut, untrimmed with
light edge wear. Inner margin with two stitching holes, not touching text. Scattered light
foxing. Very Good.
The Committee recommends that existing regiments of infantry be "retained," but that
new enlistments "be suspended until the next session of Congress, unless war should break
out between the United States and a foreign European power, or in case imminent danger of
invasion of their territory by any such power shall be discovered to exist."
War Secretary McHenry provides data on "the non-commissioned officers, musicians and
privates, inlisted for the twelve regiments, directed to be raised in pursuance of the act of July
16, 1798."
Evans 38876. NAIP w021905 [8].
$250.00
153. [University of the South]: THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH, UNITED STATES.
London: T. Brettell & Co., 1875. 15, [1 blank] pp, stitched. Light dustsoiling of outer leaves,
short closed tear to title page [no loss], bit of loosening along spine. Good +.
This pamphlet prints a statement by William Mercer Green, Chancellor of the University
of the South and Bishop of Mississippi; a history of the University; the nine-page Address of
President Barnard of Columbia College; and the Address of Bishop Whipple, Bishop of
Minnesota.
The Tennessee Legislature passed the Act to Establish the University of the South in 1858.
The University was founded by ten southern dioceses. The goal was a southern university
which would provide a good Christian education free of baneful northern influence. Bishop
James Otey, one of its founders, stated in a letter dated 13 February 1857 that the university
would "materially aid the South to resist and repel a fanatical domination which seeks to rule
over us." John Armfield, who had been a prosperous slave trader, was one of the University's
largest benefactors. [TENNESSEE HISTORICAL QUARTERLY. 1944. Page 56].
Not located on OCLC as of September 2014.
$250.00
154. Virginia: RULES AND ARTICLES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ARMY OF
VIRGINIA. Richmond: Wyatt M. Elliott, Printer, 1861. 29, [3 blank] pp. Original printed
green wrappers [spotted, light edge and spine chips], stitched. Blotch [@1 1/2" x 2 1/2"] on
first four leaves [text legible], else light and widely scattered spotting. Good+.
The Rules and Articles recommend "to all officers and soldiers diligently to attend divine
services," and publish penalties for officers "who shall behave indecently or irreverently at
any place of divine worship." The Articles of War, chain of command, control of
insubordinate behavior, procedures for courts martial, death penalties for mutiny and
desertion are prescribed. "Possibly printed before the secession of Virginia" [Parrish &
Willingham].
Parrish & Willingham 4375. Sabin 74067.
$650.00
Item No. 155
West Virginians Are “Now the Freedmen of the Nation”
155. [West Virginia]: ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF WEST VIRGINIA, ON THE
MINERAL WEALTH AND AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES OF THE ROUTE OF THE
MONONGAHELA AND LEWISBURG RAILROAD. City of Washington: 1866. 8pp,
disbound with some loosening, scattered foxing, Good+ or so.
A rare report, located evidently only at the Huntington Library, of "a mass meeting of the
citizens of the counties of Monongahela, Marion, Harrison, and Upshur, held at Fairmont,
West Virginia," in November 1865, with W.T. Willey and other prominent Mountaineers
participating. The Address informs the people and "capitalists" of information "on the subject
of constructing the proposed road, collecting all the facts in relation to the mineral wealth and
agricultural resources along the route, or contiguous thereto." Abundant coal and iron ore,
water power, and agricultural products are emphasized.
Rising to oratorical heights, the Address asserts, "We, too, are in one sense now the
freedmen of the nation. We are no longer subject to the domination of that remorseless
political and sectional majority which has hitherto withheld from us the means of developing
our resources. Shall we not show ourselves worthy of our emancipation?"
OCLC 78992116 [1- Huntington] [as of October 2014]. Not in Sabin, Decker, Eberstadt.
$600.00
Item No. 156
156. Wheaton, W.G.: REPORT UPON THE PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF THE FIRST
TWO DIVISIONS OF THE SHEFFIELD & SAVANNAH RAILROAD: WITH A MAP
SHOWING ITS CONNECTIONS. Rock Island: From T.R. Raymond's Printing House, 1856.
Original printed wrappers, later stitching. 15, [1 blank] pp, plus large folding map showing
the route of the Railroad and other railroads traversing Illinois. Very Good plus.
Sheffield and Savannah are both in Illinois. Wheaton's Report describes the route's
topography and contours, and explains the commercial and agricultural opportunities thus
rendered available. Illinois's "resources [are] almost boundless. She is yet in her infancy--
scarcely a tithe of her riches are known. She has many Railroads, and many projected routes;
some I will grant not well conceived-- but many roads yet remain to be built, which will not
only pay well as an investment, but which must be built to develope [sic] the country."
Tables are included, showing the 'Estimated Cost of Graduation, Masonry and Bridging.'
The 1854 Act is printed, authorizing the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Company "to
construct a branch of its road from Sheffield, by way of Prophetstown, to a point on the
Mississippi river at or near Savannah."
168 Eberstadt 232. Not in Byrd, Sabin, Modelski. OCLC 15072613 [9] [as of September
2014].
$450.00
Item No. 157
Who Knew? The Democratic Party is a Private “Club”
157. [White Primary in South Carolina]: CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AS ADOPTED IN STATE CONVENTION AT
COLUMBIA, S.C., MAY 15, 1912. [Columbia, S.C.? 1912]. 4pp. Folded to 8vo. Caption
title as issued. Light wear, Good+.
South Carolina sought diligently to evade the Constitution's Reconstruction Amendments,
which required States and their instrumentalities to enfranchise Negroes and treat them
equally with other citizens. The Democratic Party's Constitution succeeded for decades: It
transformed the Democratic Party into a private "club." Only "Democratic white voters" were
eligible for membership, plus "such negroes as voted the Democratic ticket in 1876, and as
have voted the Democratic ticket continuously since, to be shown by the certificate of ten
white Democratic voters..."
In 1946 the NAACP Legal Defense Fund sued to end the 'White Primary'. The federal trial
judge found that, since 1900, virtually every elected South Carolina official had been the
nominee of the State Democratic Party. Federal courts finally ruled the obvious: the
Democratic Party in South Carolina was the main vehicle through which the people exercised
their sovereign power. Such a pivotal decision-maker could never be a genuine private
"club."
Not in Turnbull. Not located on OCLC as of September 2014.
$375.00
Item No. 158
158. [White Primary in South Carolina]: RULES FOR GOVERNING THE
MEMBERSHIP OF DEMOCRATIC CLUBS, THE QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS AND
THE CONDUCT OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF
SOUTH CAROLINA. ADOPTED MAY 15, 1912. [Columbia, S.C.?: 1912]. 4pp. Folded to
8vo. Caption title as issued. Light wear, Good+.
South Carolina sought diligently to evade the Constitution's Reconstruction Amendments,
which required States and their instrumentalities to enfranchise Negroes and treat them
equally with other citizens. These Rules demonstrate a trick which worked for decades,
transforming the Democratic Party into a private "club." Only a "white Democrat" was
eligible for membership in the club, plus "a negro who voted for General Hampton in 1876,
and has voted the Democratic ticket continuously ever since... Every negro applying for
membership in a Democratic club must produce written statement of ten reputable white men,
who shall swear that they know of their own knowledge that the applicant or voter voted for
General Hampton in 1876, and has voted the Democratic ticket continuously ever since."
These Rules were declared unconstitutional in 1947, in a suit brought by the NAACP
Legal Defense Fund. At that time, virtually every elected South Carolina official since 1900
had been the nominee of the State Democratic Party. Federal courts finally ruled the obvious:
the Democratic Party in South Carolina was the main vehicle through which the people
exercised their sovereign power. Such a pivotal decision-maker in State elections could never
be a genuine private "club."
Not in Turnbull. OCLC does not record this as of September 2014, but locates single copies
of several other years' Rules.
$375.00
Item No. 159
The American Cause is To Foster “the Natural Rights of Mankind”
159. Williams, Nathan: A SERMON, PREACHED IN THE AUDIENCE OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, AT HARTFORD, ON
THE DAY OF THEIR ANNIVERSARY ELECTION, MAY 11TH, 1780. BY...PASTOR OF
THE CHURCH IN TOLLAND. Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin:, 1780. Half title, 38, [2
blanks] pp. Lightly age-toned and spotted, disbound with some loosening. A couple of leaves
trimmed closely, but without touching text. Good+.
A perceptive and stirring Revolutionary War election sermon, emphasizing the justness of
American patriotic fervor. The American cause is based on a "proper community" formed to
foster "the natural rights of mankind," and "to support the just rights of each individual, very
different from those combinations formed by lawless and rapacious men, for the purposes of
oppression and rapine." The "British King" was driven to "such a series of oppression, as
could not fail to dissolve every bond that connected America with Britain; and forced the
former to act upon that innate principle of self-defence, by repelling force with force."
FIRST EDITION Evans 17072 Trumbull 1671 Not in Gephart.
$750.00
160. [Wolcott, Oliver]: ABSTRACT OF CASES TRANSMITTED TO THE
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, PURSUANT TO THE SIXTH SECTION OF THE
ACT ENTITLED 'AN ACT FURTHER TO SUSPEND THE COMMERCIAL
INTERCOURSE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND FRANCE AND THE
DEPENDENCIES THEREOF', PASSED ON THE NINTH DAY OF FEBRUARY 1799.
[Philadelphia?: 1800]. 9 leaves, 7 of them folded. Disbound [last leaf loosened]. Light fox
and wear, Very Good.
The Abstract is signed in type by Treasury Secretary Wolcott on January 23, 1800. The
folding leaves list dozens of vessels which had been detained by France, with information on
their American origin, ownership, circumstances and date of detention, and result of the
litigation [generally the return of the vessel to its owner].
FIRST EDITION. Evans 38687. NAIP w010071.
$275.00
Item No. 161
Polk is “Eminent in Nothing, a National Nobody”
161. Yeadon, Richard: SPEECH OF RICHARD YEADON, ESQ., OF CHARLESTON,
SOUTH CAROLINA. CHAIRMAN OF THE DELEGATION, FROM THE CLAY CLUB
OF CHARLESTON, BEFORE THE LADIES, AT THE COURT-HOUSE, IN MADISON,
GEORGIA, BY APPOINTMENT OF THE MADISON CONVENTION, ON THE
EVENING OF JULY 31ST, 1844. PUBLISHED BY REQUEST OF THE CLAY CLUB, OF
CHARLESTON, S.C. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: AND YET FELLOW WHIGS ALL!...
[Charleston?: 1844]. Caption title, as issued. 28pp. Disbound and lightly foxed, Good+.
An enthusiastic and colorful southern Whig, Yeadon orates "in the cause of Clay and my
country...Ever since I first touched the Whig soil, and breathed the Whig atmosphere of
Georgia, I have felt as if I were inhaling nitrous oxyde, and have been lifted up to the seventh
heaven of patriotic and joyous excitement." The Democratic presidential candidate, James K.
Polk of Tennessee, is "eminent in nothing, a national nobody." His nomination "cap[s] the
downward climax in the historic record. Cincinnatus, Washington, James K. Polk!!!" His
"unseemly name" is "so full of old and ludicrous associations, invincibly tempting one to
POKE fun at its possessor."
And so on, to the delight of the crowd. Polk, of course, won the election, signed the Bill
annexing Texas to the United States and fought the Mexican War.
De Renne 495. II Turnbull 504. AI 44-6789 [4]. OCLC 5585048 [9] [as of September 2014].
$450.00
Harry Lesser – Not For Sale